US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 17 for "Apparatus and method of providing haptic stimulation" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,927, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method of providing haptic stimulation" was invented by Jang Hyeon Lee (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Il Seon Yoo (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Dae Sung Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Gu Kim (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Hyun Soo Kim (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for providing haptic stimulation includes an ultrasonic actuator configured to provide haptic stimulation to a part of a body located at a target location by generating an ultrasonic signal, and forming sound pressure ...