ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,387, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Charging system for electric bus and charging method using the same" was invented by Duk Joo Kim (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging system includes: a power converter configured to receive power from an external power network to generate charging power for electric buses; power rails electrically connected to the power converter and installed at a predetermined height according to a layout of a garage; a first charging network configured to horizontally move above a floor in the garage a...