ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,046, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyungshin Corp. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Sehoon Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), In Sic Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Dong-Hyun Park (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a power supplier, a junction block configured to supply power from the power supplier, an integrated central control unit configured to receive the power from the junction block, a controller configured to be receive the power through the integrated central control un...