ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,582, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corporatoin (Seoul, South Korea) and THN Corp. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Charging control box detachable charging cable system" was invented by Yun Jae Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seung Min Yoo (Jeollabuk-do, South Korea), Byeong Kyu Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yun Chan Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeong Ki Kyeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Hyok Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Tae Hong Yun (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging control box detachable charging cable system includes a vehicle cable having a vehi...