ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,737, issued on April 1, was assigned to LS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Electronic shift range switching device" was invented by Won Lee (Siheung-si, South Korea), Hyun Seong Cho (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jin Han Park (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an electronic shift range switching device (10) which is configured to control a shift range of a vehicle, the device comprising: a housing unit (100); a shifting knob unit (200) exposed at one end thereof to the outside of the housing unit (100) and disposed at the other end thereof within the hosing ...