US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 26 for "Electric vehicle battery armor adjustable to offroad driving situations and battery states" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,962, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric vehicle battery armor adjustable to offroad driving situations and battery states" was invented by Brian Link (Webster Township, Mich.), Yue Ming Chen (Ypsilanti, Mich.), John Harber (Plymouth, Mich.) and Shihong Fan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery armor system and method of deploying the same are provided. The battery armor system may comprise one or more sensors configured to detect whether one or more conditions within an environment of a vehicle are met, a moveable skid plate, posit...