ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,839, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling a vehicle after blow function, vehicle system having the same and method thereof" was invented by Kwang Hae Ye (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Kwan Choo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Wan Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle after blow control apparatus includes a processor configured to perform an after-blow function by driving a blow motor using a high voltage battery after a vehicle is turned off; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms ob...