US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Dec. 30 for "Hybrid electric vehicle and engine clutch touchpoint learning method therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,052, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and engine clutch touchpoint learning method therefor" was invented by Hyun Jin Park (Busan, South Korea), Seo Ho Lee (Siheung-si, South Korea), Jae Young Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwon Chae Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a hybrid electric vehicle and a touchpoint learning method therefor, while a motor is driven, an engagement oil pressure of an engine clutch is adjusted step-by-step, to learn a touchpoint, thereby reducing touchpoint learning time and improv...