US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Dec. 16 for "Refrigerant amount monitoring and charging control system for electric vehicle and method thereof" (Chinese, South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,923, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerant amount monitoring and charging control system for electric vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Qing Dong Hou (Yantai, China), Xue Shan Tang (Yantai, China), Chang Gi Ryu (Seoul, South Korea) and Xiao Rui Zhai (Yantai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant amount monitoring and charging control system for an electric vehicle and a method thereof include: a controller; a battery management module electrically connected to the controller; a high-speed charging gun connected to the vehicle w...