US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Korea University of Technology and Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation on April 8 for "Method of estimating maximum road friction coefficient" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,478, issued on April 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Korea University of Technology and Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Method of estimating maximum road friction coefficient" was invented by Hae Ryong Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Yoon Hyun (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Han You (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the method of estimating a maximum road friction coefficient, artificial braking or driving-related control is conducted and a maximum road friction coefficient is estimated based on ...