US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Dec. 16 for "Apparatus for controlling air conditioning of an electric vehicle and method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,873, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling air conditioning of an electric vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Gi Young Kwon (Whasung-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning control apparatus and method for an electrified vehicle includes a processor configured to automatically switch to an outdoor mode when a replacement battery is mounted in a state in which the air conditioning control apparatus is deactivated and then to determine an operation mode of a blend door depending on an indoor temperature...