US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 9 for "Control device for a hybrid electric vehicle and a control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,831, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Control device for a hybrid electric vehicle and a control method thereof" was invented by Min Gyun Jo (Ansan-si, South Korea), Jae Young Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Gwang Il Du (Ansan-si, South Korea), Chun Hyuk Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Hoon Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a drive motor that drives the vehicle by assisting the engine, a battery that provides energy to the drive motor, and a processor. The proce...