ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,530, issued on March 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling LLC resonance converter using switching duty control" was invented by Hui Sung Jang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Gyun Woo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chul Soon Kim (Guri-si, South Korea), Jee Heon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sung Uk Park (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an LLC resonance converter controls a converter through the steps of detecting parameter values related to operation of the converter, determining a switching d...