US Patent Issued to Hanon Systems on July 1 for "Combination valve unit and vehicle heat pump system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,452, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hanon Systems (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Combination valve unit and vehicle heat pump system" was invented by Jae Min Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Man Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), In Hyeok Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyeong Cheol Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a combination valve unit having an improved structure and capable of performing both a pressure relief function for cooling and a pressure relief function for dehumidification. In addition, disclosed is a vehicle heat pump system capable of improving dehumidification performance by actively control...