US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 25 for "Method of controlling charging by motor to improve fuel efficiency of hybrid vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,434, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of controlling charging by motor to improve fuel efficiency of hybrid vehicle" was invented by Dong-Jun Shin (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Tae-Hyeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of controlling charging by a motor to improving fuel efficiency of a hybrid vehicle, at least one of turning-on of an engine, turning-off thereof, engagement of an engine clutch, disengagement thereof, performing of charging by P0 and P1 motors, and non-performing of charging by the P0 and P1 motors...