US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 1 for "Apparatus and method for controlling charging of mobility" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,518, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling charging of mobility" was invented by Jae Dong Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yong Kyu Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Ho Kwon Na (Dangjin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment apparatus for controlling charging of a mobility includes a sensor configured to measure a battery voltage of a battery of the mobility to which a reference current is input and a controller configured to determine a rated voltage of the battery according to whether an amount of chang...