US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation on Oct. 27 for "Cross-certification method and device for charging electric vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,920, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation (Yongin, South Korea).

"Cross-certification method and device for charging electric vehicle" was invented by Min Ho Shin (Yongin, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authentication method and device enable a charging station to verify a contract certificate of an electric vehicle based on a cross certificate when the charging station is not equipped with an MO RootCA certificate. An electric vehicle authentication method for providing plug-and-char...