US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 29 for "Mobile body and method for controlling same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,973, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mobile body and method for controlling same" was invented by Hoon Chung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Sun Myoung Jo (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile body includes a body, a front wheel and a rear wheel rotatably coupled to the front side and the rear side of the body respectively, a front wheel driving unit and a rear wheel driving unit coupled to the body and the front wheel and the rear wheel to transmit a driving force to the front wheel and the rear wheel...