ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,868, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cooling apparatus and vehicle including the same" was invented by Tae Hee Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Wan Je Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seong-Bin Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyunjae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minseob Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Woong Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae-Eun Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the el...