US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 1 for "Electrified vehicle and method of controlling same while being towed" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,502, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrified vehicle and method of controlling same while being towed" was invented by Dong Hyeon Woo (Daegu, South Korea), Han Seung Myoung (Taean-gun, South Korea), Jeong Yeop Woo (Incheon, South Korea), Ye Eun Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Dong Hoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seok Cheon Jeon (Seoul, South Korea), Joon Shik Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Kyeom Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment method of controlling an electrified vehicle includes, in a towing state of the electr...