ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,073, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hanon Systems (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Air conditioner housing for a vehicle" was invented by Seung Hoon Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myung Hoe Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yoon Hyung Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seung Ho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Ki Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Sik Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae Bok Keon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dae Keun Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner housing of a vehicle includes a body having an internal space through wh...