US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Dec. 30 for "Vehicle for performing minimum risk maneuver and method of operating the vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,067, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (South, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (South, South Korea).

"Vehicle for performing minimum risk maneuver and method of operating the vehicle" was invented by Cheol Hwan Yun (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Sung Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yong Bin Min (Busan, South Korea), Chan Jong Jang (Daegu, South Korea) and Bong Sob Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment method for operating a vehicle includes monitoring a state of the vehicle, determining a type of a minimum risk maneuver based on the state of the vehicle, wherein the type of the minimum...