US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on March 3 for "Method, apparatus, and system for supplying power during takeoff and landing of UAM aircraft" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,343, issued on March 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method, apparatus, and system for supplying power during takeoff and landing of UAM aircraft" was invented by Dong Hyun Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Hun Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jae Wung Jung (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and system for supplying power during the takeoff and landing of an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft is disclosed herein. A power supplying method is performed by a power supply system comprising a drone and a hub. The power supplying meth...