ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,124, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle maintenance prevention" was invented by Susan Shaw (Plymouth, Mich.) and Javier Romero (Superior Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided. The system comprises an engine configured to power a vehicle, a distance sensor configured to measure one or more distances surrounding the vehicle, a tire pressure sensor, and a controller configured to detect whether the engine is shut off, determine whether the tire pressure satisfies a tire pressure threshold based on the tire pressure sensor,...