US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on April 7 for "Apparatus and method for controlling hybrid electric vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,929, issued on April 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Jung Yong Choi (Pohang-si, South Korea), Jae Hyoung Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Hyung Min Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Hyeok Jun Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Won Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yeon Bok Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jung Suk Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle includes checking a vehicle driving state and determining whether to satisfy a pre...