ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,767, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling heat generation of motor" was invented by Sun-Dong Kwun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A embodiment method of attempting to minimize heat generation of a motor by lowering the heat generation of an electro mechanical brake (EMB) driving motor occurring in an anti-brake system (ABS) operation mode includes determining whether to enter the ABS operation mode in which the heat generation of the motor is to be minimized and in response to a determination to enter...