ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,169, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of preventing output limit of battery of vehicle" was invented by Jung Hyun Lee (Whasung-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preventing output limit of a battery of a vehicle for improving output decrease due to output limit of the battery configured to supply power to a motor for driving the vehicle, includes monitoring a temperature and a state of charge (SOC) value of the battery configured to supply power to a motor configured for driving the vehicle while driving, determining a level of ...