ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,799, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for controlling electric compressor for vehicle" was invented by Qing Dong Hou (Yantai, China), Tae Hun Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Xiao Rui Zhai (Yantai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling an electric vehicle includes a user requirement setting apparatus, a vehicle velocity detection apparatus, an out-vehicle temperature detection apparatus, an in-vehicle temperature detection apparatus, a solar illumination detection apparatus, and a control apparatus. The control a...