US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 25 for "Apparatus for controlling hybrid vehicle and method using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,428, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling hybrid vehicle and method using the same" was invented by Jonghyeok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hee Han (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunjin Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Kwanhee Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yeongseop Park (Seoul, South Korea), Seungwoo Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Yong Kak Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Heechang Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle includes an engine; a drive motor; a battery; an electric supercharger configure...