ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,352, issued on May 13, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for managing vehicle battery" was invented by Sung Il Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Woo Sung Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kyung In Min (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Do Sung Hwang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ki Seung Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Il Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dae Gun Jin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yoon Jun Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Bo Ram Yang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ki Chul Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ik Kyu Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae Shin Yi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Young Woo Lee (Hwas...