ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,137, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Multi-output power conversion apparatus and method" was invented by Tae-Jong Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Dae-Woo Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Byung-Gu Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-output power conversion apparatus capable of integrally operating an auxiliary battery includes a high voltage battery configured to output a first power and a power conversion unit. The power conversion unit is configured to convert the first power into a second power and to convert the second power...