ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,488, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle for converting power of battery and method of controlling the same" was invented by Tae Jong Ha (Songpa-gu, South Korea), Jun Young Lee (Daegu, South Korea), Dae Woo Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Byung Gu Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle includes a DC/DC converter having a first power terminal connected to a first electrode of a first battery, a second power terminal connected to a first electrode of a second battery, and a load terminal connected to a first end ...