US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Hanon Systems on Dec. 30 for "Vehicle air-conditioning apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,880, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hanon Systems (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Vehicle air-conditioning apparatus" was invented by Jae Sik Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byeong Moo Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Tae Song (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Sung Been Cheon (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Uk Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Su Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), In Keun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Chul Byun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a filter case configured to accommodate a fil...