ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,285, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hanon Systems (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Vehicle air conditioner" was invented by Seung Ho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Seo-Jun Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Ki Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Sik Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Cheol Han Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Eung Young Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Myung Hun Kang (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea) and Jung Mo Kwak (Gunpo-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a vehicle air conditioner, which performs cooling and heating by supplying cold air and hot ...