US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, LS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES on Dec. 30 for "Multi-functional manipulation apparatus and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,903, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and LS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Multi-functional manipulation apparatus and control method thereof" was invented by Jin Young Koh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jun Hwan Lee (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-functional manipulation apparatus and method include a switch that operates by an external force from a neutral position and returns to the neutral position when the external force is removed, a vibrator coupled to the switch to vibrate depending on an oper...