US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Nov. 18 for "Hybrid electric vehicle and driving control method for same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,926, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hybrid electric vehicle and driving control method for same" was invented by Sung Bae Jeon (Ansan-si, South Korea), Seong Wook Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Do Hwa Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Gyu Ri Lee (Namyangju-si, South Korea), Sung Il Jung (Busan, South Korea), Jae Young Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jeong Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hui Un Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling driving of a hybrid electric vehicle includes collecting driving data while the hybrid ...