US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 26 for "Regenerative braking control system and method using paddle shift of hybrid vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,795, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Regenerative braking control system and method using paddle shift of hybrid vehicle" was invented by Joon Shik Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Deok Kim (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Jin Su Jeong (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Chang Min Lee (Anyang-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A regenerative braking control system and a regenerative braking control method using a paddle shift of a hybrid vehicle, include a paddle switch including a first paddle shift for a down shift and a second paddle shift for an up shift...