ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,632, issued on April 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mounting system for HVAC component" was invented by Yun A Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byeong Moo Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) component, including a dash panel configured to divide a front compartment from a passenger compartment, and having an opening, a plurality of mounting portions located around the opening, and configured to mount the HVAC component, and a vertical reinforcing member located adjacent to ...