US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation on July 8 for "EV user authorization method and system" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,056, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Myongji University Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"EV user authorization method and system" was invented by Min Ho Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electric vehicle (EV) user authorization method for charging an EV, the method performed by a device for mediating EV user authorization, in association with a mobility operator (MO) who makes a contract with an EV user and provides a charging service to a corresponding EV and a charge point ...