ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,684, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for managing battery and method thereof" was invented by Hyun Jun Jang (Daegu, South Korea), Tae Kyu Kang (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Dae Hyun Jung (Jeonju-Si, South Korea), Woo Sung Kim (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Byung Soo Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for managing a battery and a method thereof includes a memory that stores computer-executable instructions, and at least one processor that accesses the memory and execute the instructions, wherein the at least one proce...