ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,999, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Foldable pedal apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Eun Sik Kim (Gwangmyeong-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module that are operated in a pressure-manipulated type are popped up to allow manipulation by a driver in a manual driving mode, and hide to prevent manipulation by the driver in a autonomous driving mode, to generate a signal related to a pedal function by manipulation of the accelerator pedal module...