ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,307, issued on May 5, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle charging control device and method therefor" was invented by Yong Woon Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a vehicle charging control device and a method thereof. The vehicle charging control device includes at least one communication module and at least one processor electrically connected to the at least one communication module. The at least one processor may obtain charging information of a vehicle from a battery management system (BMS) provided in the vehicle through t...