US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on July 28 for "Hybrid electric vehicle and driving control method therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,867, issued on July 28, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and driving control method therefor" was invented by Min Gyun Jc (Ansan-si, South Korea), Jae Young Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Hoon Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Gwang Il Du (Ansan-si, South Korea), Han Nah Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Chun Hyuk Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Kwon Chae Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric vehicle and a method of driving control for same, which more effectively increases an amount of regenerative braking during decel...