US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 5 for "Method of controlling drive system torque of electric vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,292, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of controlling drive system torque of electric vehicle" was invented by Ji Won Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ho Wook Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong Soo Eo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a drive system torque of an electric vehicle for generating a torque by evading a backlash band to prevent the occurrence of backlash in the drive system includes determining, by a controller, whether a plurality of predetermined entry conditions for entering a responsiveness prio...