ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,351, issued on July 22, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Namju Jeon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus includes a vehicle state sensor, a braking force adjuster, a driving force adjuster, and a controller. When a steering system fails, the controller applies partial braking to the vehicle by providing a braking force to turn-direction inner wheels of the vehicle according to a steering situation to allow the vehicle to turn left or right. The controller also applies compensated driving...