US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 9 for "Systems and methods for controlling energy efficiency of electric drive systems" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,373, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Systems and methods for controlling energy efficiency of electric drive systems" was invented by Yue Ming Chen (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Brian Link (Webster Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling vehicle energy efficiency are provided. The system may comprise an ADAS, a navigation sensor configured to collect navigation data, and an electric drive cooling system, comprising a powertrain controller, comprising a processor and a memory, one or more electric motors (EMs), one or more ...