ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,885, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle speed estimating apparatus" was invented by Jin Seok Song (Bucheon-Si, South Korea), Sang Wook Han (Seoul, South Korea), Han Seon Ga (Gwangmyeong-Si, South Korea), Kweon Soo Jeon (Seoul, South Korea) and Nam Han Kim (Bucheon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle speed estimating apparatus includes a vehicle information receiver configured to receive travel information of a vehicle including a wheel speed, a motor torque, and a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, a wheel slip determiner con...