ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,513, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for enabling an inverter to switch between modes and a method of controlling same" was invented by Eun-Su Jun (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong-Hwi Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for enabling an inverter to switch between modes includes: a first inverter unit; a second inverter unit; a load connected between the first inverter unit and the second inverter unit; a mode switching unit connected between the load and the second inverter unit; and a control unit configured to drive the load in a one-stage in...