US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Nov. 11 for "Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling state of charge for the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,384, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling state of charge for the same" was invented by Hee Jung Yoon (Goyang-si, South Korea), Jee Wook Huh (Goyang-si, South Korea), Se Jun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Hyuck Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seung Han Lee (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment method of controlling a state of charge of a vehicle includes receiving input of use information for driving an external device by power of a battery for driving an electric motor,...