ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,251, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyungshin Corp. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Power control device and vehicle having the same" was invented by Sehoon Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunsock Yi (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment power control device includes a power converter configured to convert a first voltage of a first battery to a second voltage lower than the first voltage of the first battery and to supply a power via the second voltage, a power distributor configured to distribute and supply the power supplied fro...