US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Nov. 4 for "Apparatus and method for controlling detection of anti-pinch of a power seat in a vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,403, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling detection of anti-pinch of a power seat in a vehicle" was invented by Seung Su Han (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling anti-pinch of a power seat in a vehicle, and a method for the same, include a hall sensor to sense a position to which the power seat moves, a driving motor to drive movement of the power seat, a current sensor to measure a level of a current output from the driving motor, and a controller. The controller is configured to...