ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,995, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for braking vehicle" was invented by Jin Yong Kim (Daegu, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for braking a vehicle includes braking a driving wheel of the vehicle by performing regenerative braking or auxiliary braking; comparing required braking force with braking force of the driving wheel; and additionally braking a non-driving wheel of the vehicle, when the controller concludes that the braking force of the driving wheel is lower than the required braking force."
The patent w...