US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 20 for "Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,454, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method of controlling vehicle" was invented by Sunho Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Changseob Lim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Hyunwook Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Jae Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle configured to relay communication between a load using power while the vehicle is parked and a battery includes a first controller configured to control an operation of a first load operated while the vehicle is parked and a power management controller configured to iden...