US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 23 for "Vehicle control system and vehicle control method for limiting speed of vehicle based on tire codes" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,790, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle control system and vehicle control method for limiting speed of vehicle based on tire codes" was invented by Jeong In Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Myoung Kyu Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system includes a storage unit configured to store tire code information including a load index and a speed symbol, a detector configured to collect and detect state information on the vehicle including vehicle weight, vehicle speed, tire pressure of tires of the vehicle,...