ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,595, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for battery conditioning of vehicle" was invented by Joong Woo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Soo Park (Seoul, South Korea), Dea Ki Cheong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tae Hyuck Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Geun Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Kyung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Gun Jin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), In Seok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Gyu Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Myun Chung (Gumi-si, South Korea) and Ki Seung Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one ...