ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,003, issued on July 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus of hybrid vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Dong Hee Han (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jong Il Park (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunjin Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Heechang Oh (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jonghyeok Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kwanhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeheun Kim (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea), JaUn Ku (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungwoo Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle may include: an engine including a plurality of cylinders for...