US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 7 for "Vehicle and method for controlling power supply to external load based on SOC" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,856, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method for controlling power supply to external load based on SOC" was invented by Hong Min Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a battery, a converter connected to the battery and configured to provide electrical power of the battery to an external load, a navigation device configured to obtain current location information and charging place information, and a controller connected to the battery and the converter, and configured to control the battery and the converte...