ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,360, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling platooning" was invented by Ge O Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a device for controlling platooning, the device including a processor that detects a travel environment state for the platooning, detects weights or loading rates of vehicles to be participating in the platooning, determines an arrangement order of a line of the vehicles of the platooning based on the detected travel environment state and the detected weights or loading rates, and sets a vehicle spacing of the platoo...