US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 5 for "Vehicle equipped with electric motor and method of controlling regenerative braking for the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,733, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle equipped with electric motor and method of controlling regenerative braking for the same" was invented by Yong Hoon Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Hyun Woo Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Joon Shik Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braking control method of an electrified vehicle provided with an electric motor as a driving source may include the steps of starting regenerative braking when a required braking amount is obtained; determining a minimum transition time which is a minimum time r...