ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,402, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and acceleration limit control method thereof" was invented by Do Hwa Kim (Gwacheon-Si, South Korea), Seong Wook Moon (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Hui Un Son (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Gyu Ri Lee (Namyangju-Si, South Korea), Sung Il Jung (Busan, South Korea), Jae Young Park (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Jeong Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Bae Jeon (Ansan-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and an acceleration limit control method thereof, includes obtaining a driving score of a driver, deter...