US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 25 for "Apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle and powering medical equipment in the vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,295, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle and powering medical equipment in the vehicle" was invented by Ki Seon Sim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hee Chang Oh (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jae Heun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device for a host vehicle can include a processor, a power supply device that performs charging or discharging, a first battery used to operate the host vehicle, and memory. The processor may charge the first battery based on a charge power suppl...