US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors on July 8 for "Apparatus and method for controlling disconnector of electric vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,156, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Motors Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling disconnector of electric vehicle" was invented by Woo Cheol Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Won Seok Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyung Hyun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yoo Jung Han (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disconnector control device and method for an electric vehicle are provided. The disconnector control device includes a disconnector that switches wheel driving manners and a processor that recognizes a driving condition of t...