ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,304, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Motor driving apparatus and control method thereof" was invented by Ho Rim Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seong Min Kim (Hangwon-si, South Korea), Seon Mi Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea), Tae Il Yoo (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Seung Hyeon Bin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor driving apparatus includes a motor having a plurality of windings, a first inverter which is connected to a first end of each of the plurality of windings and drives the motor, a second inverter which is connect...