ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,768, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dual power controller of vehicle, vehicle system including the same, and method thereof" was invented by Hee Gun Yang (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sung Tae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jong Joo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes a first battery that supplies main power, when a vehicle is turned on, a second battery that supplies power in an auxiliary manner to an electric load of the vehicle and a video data recorder in the vehicle during parking, and a dual power cont...