ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,483, issued on July 14, was assigned to CORPORATION MOTOR (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Gate driving device and method of controlling electrified vehicle including same" was invented by Myung Ho Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Young Seul Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Jong Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Kang Ho Jeong (Siheung-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate driving device includes a power supply circuit configured to boost a power source voltage and to output a first driving power voltage and a second driving power voltage, and a gate driver configured to drive a top control signal for ...