US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 16 for "System for controlling the charging state of an electric vehicle and a method for controlling the charging state thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,136, issued on June 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System for controlling the charging state of an electric vehicle and a method for controlling the charging state thereof" was invented by Hye Joo Lee (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an electric vehicle which drives at least one external device with power of a battery for driving an electric motor, an available power amount information is set based on the power of the battery. A usage information to at least one usage devices selected by a user among the at least one external device is prov...