ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,380, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co.; (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Braking control device and braking control method" was invented by Kyung Ho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Hwa Lee (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Ho Wook Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Ki Young Kim (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking control apparatus includes a driving information detector configured to detect a braking request from a driver while a vehicle is driving; and a vehicle controller configured to control a braking torque of the vehicle in response to the braking request from the driver...