US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Oct. 14 for "System for controlling regenerative braking torque of eco-friendly vehicle and method of controlling same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,197, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System for controlling regenerative braking torque of eco-friendly vehicle and method of controlling same" was invented by Jin Yong Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Hyun Seok Jang (Daegu, South Korea) and Chang Eun Na (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a system and method of controlling regenerative braking torque of an eco-friendly vehicle, the system and method being configured to quickly reduce and maintain a wheel slip amount less than a reference value during coasting, and accordingly, be...