US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 1 for "Method and device for controlling state of charge" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,530, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and device for controlling state of charge" was invented by Byungwoo Jeon (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Youngkwang Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Jaehee Park (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A state of charge (SOC) control method of controlling the SOC of a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) in response to a change in altitude of the FCEV is provided. The method may include setting a first altitude at a start time of operating the FCEV; determining, based on a measurement value of an acce...