US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 13 for "Device for protecting converter and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,098, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device for protecting converter and control method thereof" was invented by Byung Jun Sung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for protecting a converter and a control method thereof, the device including: a voltage detection unit that detects at least one of an input-stage voltage and an output-stage voltage of a converter; a switching device that connects an output stage of the converter and a load connected to the output stage, or blocks a connection; a controller that determines whether ...