ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,352, issued on April 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electrified vehicle" was invented by Young Jin Jang (Whasung-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified vehicle includes a motor including windings, a power factor correction circuit including AC and DC terminals and including legs corresponding to respective AC terminals and connected between the DC terminals, and a DC/DC converter including a first switching circuit including first, second, and third primary legs connected between terminals of a battery, a second switching circuit including at least...