US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 18 for "Motor driving system and method of controlling same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,080, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Motor driving system and method of controlling same" was invented by Seung Hyeon Bin (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Byung Oh Tak (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Seon Mi Lee (Anyang-Si, South Korea) and Sang Woo Park (Seongnam-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor driving system and a method of controlling same can protect a user by converting a driving mode into a dual inverter driving mode so that a vehicle can keep being driven when a transfer switching unit breaks down while the motor is operated in a Y-con...