US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Nov. 3 for "Method and system for dynamic wireless charging of an electric vehicle on electric roads" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,027, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and system for dynamic wireless charging of an electric vehicle on electric roads" was invented by Ingmar Langer (Darmstadt, Germany) and Lukas Gass (Mainz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for dynamic wireless charging of an electric vehicle on electric roads are disclosed. The method includes determining, by a system controller of the electric vehicle, that a traction battery of the electric vehicle needs to be recharged. The method also includes assessing, by the system controller...