US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 14 for "Electric vehicle and power management method of same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,243, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric vehicle and power management method of same" was invented by Gi Young Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Won Jae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Min Su Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Hwan Kwak (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jong Hyeok Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Hyeon Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Won Yang (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jae Woo Jeon (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power management method of an electronic vehicle includes performing charging of a main battery through di...