US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Nov. 3 for "Stay mode control system and method of electrified vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,035, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Stay mode control system and method of electrified vehicle" was invented by Jee Wook Huh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stay mode control system and method of an electrified vehicle is capable of automatically executing a stay preparation mode entrance procedure when the vehicle starts. The system further includes a stay mode entrance procedure for guiding whether or not entrance to a stay mode is desired when the vehicle is parked or stopped or arrives at a place for stay mode availability...