US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 11 for "System and method for controlling charge/discharge using paddle braking" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,267, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for controlling charge/discharge using paddle braking" was invented by Yong Seok Park (Bucheon-Si, South Korea), Jin Woo Yang (Seongnam-Si, South Korea) and Seung Jae Yoo (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling charge and discharge using paddle braking, which is capable of improving energy efficiency of an entire system by scheduling other loads except for a drive motor and using some of the energy generated by regenerative braking to operate the loa...