US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 2 for "Vehicle battery charging system using motor driving system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,784, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle battery charging system using motor driving system" was invented by Myung Ho Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Young Seul Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Cheol Shin (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Kang Ho Jeong (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery charging system includes a first inverter including first switching elements and DC and AC terminals connected to the battery and a first end of the windings of a motor, respectively; a second inverter including second switching elements and DC and A...