US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on July 8 for "Hybrid electric vehicle and method of motor control for the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,157, issued on July 8, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and method of motor control for the same" was invented by Seong Ik Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Chan Na (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid vehicle (HEV) provides an improved sensation of acceleration. An example method for controlling an engine of an HEV which includes a first motor directly connected to an engine and a second motor located at an input side of a transmission, may include determining a requested torque, determining a compensation torque for c...