US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 23 for "Vehicle and method of controlling electronic parking brake of the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,751, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method of controlling electronic parking brake of the same" was invented by Hwibong Chang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and a method of controlling an EPB of the vehicle, include determining whether the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition for entering a seized release mode of the EPB, implementing the seized release mode of the EPB, and outputting a guide message for a warning and an inspection associated with seizing of the EPB."

The patent was filed on June 29, 202...