US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 16 for "Control method for drift driving a vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,519, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Control method for drift driving a vehicle" was invented by Ye Ahn Yoon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for drift driving a vehicle supports a drift entry assistance function and a drift maintenance assistance function while maximizing driver's drift driving experience. The control method includes determining, by a controller, whether or not drift entry assistance control is required based on vehicle driving state information, when the vehicle enters a drift mode, and perf...