ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,609, issued on July 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Control system for operating air vehicle for urban air mobility" was invented by Jin Hyuck Heo (Seoul, South Korea), Kyu Won Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Woo Han (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jong Ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for operating an air vehicle for urban air mobility (UAM) is arranged such that when a steering operation for a steering wheel and a stroke operation for an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal are performed for operating the air vehicle for UAM,...