ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,998, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for estimating a bounce speed of a vehicle and a method thereof" was invented by Sheen Gil Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an apparatus for estimating a bounce speed of a vehicle and a method thereof. The apparatus includes an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration of the vehicle, a front wheel speed sensor that detects a wheel speed of a front wheel of the vehicle, a rear wheel speed sensor that detects a wheel speed of a rear wheel of the vehicle, and...