US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Jan. 20 for "Apparatus for controlling charging or discharging of vehicle, system for supplying power to outside of the vehicle, and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,374, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling charging or discharging of vehicle, system for supplying power to outside of the vehicle, and method thereof" was invented by Myoung Seok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Soung Han Noh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kwang Moo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jun Yeon Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging and discharging control apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus for a vehicle includes a processor that controls charging and discharging of electric energy of t...