US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 3 for "Vehicle and method for limiting acceleration thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,866, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method for limiting acceleration thereof" was invented by Jeong Yoon Choi (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Seul Gi Lee (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Sung Bae Jeon (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Soo Bang Lee (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Hui Un Son (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is configured for controlling an acceleration limit according to the change amount in the accelerator pedal, and a method for limiting the acceleration thereof. A method for limiting acceleration of a vehicle may inclu...