ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,094, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Torque vectoring control device and method therefor" was invented by Jae Il Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque vectoring control device and a method therefor may include a torque vectoring electric device (TVED) that adjusts a ratio of torques distributed to a left wheel and a right wheel using a torque of a torque vectoring control motor (TVCM), and a controller that determines the torque of the TVCM to reduce a difference between speeds of the left wheel and the right wheel when a wheel s...