ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,670, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Hundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for control dual batteries in hybrid electric vehicle" was invented by Minwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a processor controlling a dual battery mounted on a hybrid electric vehicle, includes opening a relay positioned between a first battery for a load and a second battery for starting, and checking whether the attempt to start is successful when an attempt to start the hybrid electric vehicle is detected, closing the relay so that the first battery and the sec...