ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,822, issued on March 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method of controlling a motor" was invented by Ki Hoon Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Ji A Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller and method for operating a plurality of capacitors of a first phase, wherein the first phase is one of a plurality of phases applied to the motor, a plurality of first switching elements of the first phase, and a plurality of second switching elements of the first phase. The plurality of capacitors charge DC voltage from a battery that applies voltage to the motor. The plurality o...