ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,538, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hanon Systems (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Thermal management system for vehicle" was invented by Jae Hoon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Moo Joong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hae Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle thermal management system including a heating heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air within an air-conditioning case to heat the air, and a cooling heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air to cool the air; a refrigerant line circulating through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and a chiller; a first coolant line that passes throug...