ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,414, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (South, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling same" was invented by Ho Joong Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment hybrid electric vehicle includes a battery, a bidirectional power conversion device connected to the battery, a battery control unit configured to output a charge power instruction when a state of charge (SOC) of the battery is a first reference value or less by determining the SOC of the battery in a battery power output mode in which power of the battery is output to...