ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,691, issued on April 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System and method for charging battery of vehicle" was invented by In Yong Yeo (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Youn Sik Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a charging system and a charging method for charging a main battery of a vehicle. The main battery can be charged with a voltage of a swappable battery using a DC-DC converter of an on-board computer (OBC) without installing additional converters for a plurality of swappable batteries through connection of the...