US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Kyungshin on May 13 for "Dual power supply apparatus for autonomous vehicle and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,049, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyungshin Corp. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Dual power supply apparatus for autonomous vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Seong Cheol Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Soon Myung Kwon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Joo Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Tae Hwan Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Park (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual power supply apparatus includes a main power grid that supplies power by a first battery to an autonomous vehicle and a redundant power grid that supplies ...