ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,650, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electrified vehicle and method of controlling same" was invented by Sung Su Kim (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Young Joon Chang (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Kyung Min Ryu (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Chan Hee Won (Whasung-Si, South Korea) and Seung Sam Baek (Whasung-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling an electrified vehicle includes determining whether stop control using a motor is possible in a case where a condition for entering stop assist control is satisfied, performing cooperative stop c...