ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,974, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electronic shift control apparatus" was invented by Jae Yeon Yu (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Yeong Jik Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a column-type electronic shift control apparatus of which position may be varied not only by driving a driving unit but also by a predetermined amount of external force, the shift control apparatus includes a housing; a column unit including one end portion rotatably coupled to the housing, protruding from the housing in a radial direction, and operable for sh...