US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 20 for "Distance estimation method for fine positioning for electric vehicle wireless power transfer, and distance estimation apparatus using same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,340, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Distance estimation method for fine positioning for electric vehicle wireless power transfer, and distance estimation apparatus using same" was invented by Jae Yong Seong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating distance using low frequency (LF) signals when performing fine positioning for electric vehicle (EV) wireless power transfer (WPT) includes steps of: restricting a position of a first transmitter of an EV to a point on a first straight line extending towards a center of a p...