ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,610, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Vehicle heat pump system" was invented by Moo Joong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyeong Kyu Jin (Daejeon, South Korea), Hae Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Je Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Woo Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea) and In Guk Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention provides a vehicle heat pump system including a compressor configured to compress and circulate a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the compressed refrigerant, a first expansion valve configured to expand the c...