ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,767, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Platooning control apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Hyung Mook Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platooning control apparatus for preventing a vehicle from rollover and a method thereof are provided. A communication device provided in a vehicle which is platooning transmits and receives platooning information and information about a risk of rollover of the vehicle due to crosswind with at least one of other vehicles in a string of the vehicle or an external server. A processor p...