ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,881, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Doowon Heavy Industrial Co. Ltd. (Sacheon-Si, South Korea).

"Thermal energy module for a vehicle" was invented by Hochan An (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yeonho Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jeawan Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Gwi Taek Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Man Hee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yeong Jun Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Jae Yeon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hoyoung Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Tea Jin Lee (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal energy module inclu...