US Patent Issued to HANON SYSTEMS on Dec. 30 for "Heat pump system for vehicle and method for controlling same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,877, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Heat pump system for vehicle and method for controlling same" was invented by Hak Kyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Bok Sun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Wan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heat pump system for a vehicle and method for controlling same, which can, during mode changing between air heating and conditioning, prevent noise and vibration due to a pressure difference between refrigerants and reduce delay time. Heat pump system comprises a compressor compressing and discharging refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger in...