ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,426, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System and method for controlling charging/discharging of vehicle" was invented by Myoung Seok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Soung Han Noh (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Na Lae Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment system for controlling charging/discharging of a vehicle includes a vehicle battery, an external controller connected to the vehicle and configured to control exchange of power, a switch configured to connect/disconnect the vehicle battery to/from the external controller, and a charg...