US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Dec. 16 for "Sterilizer for car by using HOCL and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,367, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (South, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (South, South Korea).

"Sterilizer for car by using HOCL and control method thereof" was invented by Ju-Heon Baeg (Seoul, South Korea), Ji-Hee Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Ui-Hyun Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterilizer for a vehicle includes a controller, a supply water storage configured to accommodate water required for generating hypochlorous acid water (HOCL) under control of the controller, an HOCL generator configured to generate HOCL by using water accommodated in the supply water storage under the control...