US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 17 for "Hybrid electric vehicle and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,622, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Sun Young Park (Ansan-Si, South Korea), Joon Young Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Deok Kim (Seongnam-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid electric vehicle includes a transmission without a reverse gear and a control method thereof. A situation in which a connection between the motor and the engine is stuck is overcome. When a predetermined condition is met, whether or not an engine clutch is in a specific state is determined. A fi...