US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on April 29 for "Vehicle provided with perfume diffuser and method of controlling thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,998, issued on April 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle provided with perfume diffuser and method of controlling thereof" was invented by Intaek Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Won Yeon (Daejeon, South Korea), Myung Jun Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Tae Kun Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a perfume diffuser including a pair of electrodes, at least one fragrance cartridge including a resistance plate electrically connected to the pair of electrodes, and a controller identifying the types of the fragrance cartridge ...