ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,350, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Power conversion system for autonomous driving and method for controlling same" was invented by Ho Joong Lee (Whasung-si, South Korea) and Joon Young Jeon (Whasung-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion system for autonomous driving and a method for controlling the same, includes a first battery and a second battery; an LDC configured to convert the magnitude of a voltage, output the voltage, and charge the first battery with an output of the LDC; an autonomous driving load electrically connect...