ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,840, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air purifier for vehicle" was invented by Seung Cheol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air purifier having a shape and structure suitable for application to a vehicle interior are disclosed where the air purifier for a vehicle, includes an exterior housing having an open outlet configured to discharge purified air, a blower fan configured to rotate inside the exterior housing, to suction air into the exterior housing, and to blow the purified air to the outlet, a filter configured to purify the air suctioned into the ex...