US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on March 25 for "Apparatus and method of escaping a rough road for an electric vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,999, issued on March 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method of escaping a rough road for an electric vehicle" was invented by Woon Ki Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for escaping an uneven driving surface for an electric vehicle includes a maximum traction identification portion configured to search for a steering angle at which maximum traction is generated by applying driving torque while rotating the steering wheel. The maximum traction identification portion is also configured to identify maximum wheel torque abl...