US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 22 for "Personal mobility and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,844, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Personal mobility and control method thereof" was invented by Hee Jin Ro (Seoul, South Korea), Yocheol Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Duck Young Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Donghee Seok (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ilsun Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment personal mobility includes a steering bar, a steering rod provided on the steering bar and configured to rotate according to a rotation of the steering bar, a stopper provided on the steering bar and configured to change a rot...