ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,246, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Powertrain control system and method of VTOL aerial vehicle" was invented by Seong Ik Park (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powertrain control system is provided for a vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle for urban air mobility. A powertrain of the vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle is a hybrid type powertrain, in which the output shaft of a rotor driving motor is directly connected to a rotor, a battery is connected to the rotor driving motor to supply power thereto, and an engine ...