ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,926, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electrified vehicle and method of inspection for same" was invented by Min Gyu Park (Whasung-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle and a method of inspecting the electrified vehicle, includes determining a charge time in each of voltage period corresponding to different charge current values, respectively, and determining a state of health of a battery based on charge times in at least one or more periods of the determined charge times in the periods."
The patent was filed on Jan. 19, 20...