US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 1 for "Method of controlling towing mode of vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,252, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of controlling towing mode of vehicle" was invented by Dong Jun Shin (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea), Hyo Jun Kawk (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea), Jin Cheol Shin (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) and Kyung Hun Hwang (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a towing mode of an vehicle, which may easily charge a battery of a towed vehicle by allowing a motor of the towed vehicle to output a charging torque for charging the battery and allowing a motor of the tow...