ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,890, issued on April 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Auxiliary propulsion apparatus for air vehicle" was invented by Woo Suk Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Gwi Taek Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Yoon Cheol Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyun Ki Cho (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxiliary propulsion apparatus of an air vehicle may include an engine mounted in a fuselage of the air vehicle, a generator configured to be driven using power from the engine, a compressor configured to be driven by the engine or the generator, a battery confi...