ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,386, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Motor driving apparatus and method of controlling the same" was invented by Sung Do Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Joo Yeon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Su Kang (Paju-si, South Korea) and Chang Seok You (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor driving apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The motor driving apparatus includes a motor, an inverter configured to drive the motor based on a switching signal, and a controller configured to output the switching signal when pulse width ...