US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, Kia on Nov. 3 for "Apparatus and method for performing regenerative braking by controlling disconnector of four-wheel drive vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,005, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for performing regenerative braking by controlling disconnector of four-wheel drive vehicle" was invented by Woo Cheol Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for performing regenerative braking by controlling a disconnector of a vehicle includes a computing device to calculate a braking amount necessary for braking, a controller to engage or release the disconnector of the vehicle, based on the calculated braking amount, and a distributing device to distribute a ...