ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,789, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ultrasonic generator and method for repelling mosquito in vehicle using the same" was invented by Ki Chang Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Dong Chul Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic generator and a method for repelling a mosquito in a vehicle using the same are provided. The ultrasonic generator may include a sensor device that is configured to sense a mosquito in a vehicle, an ultrasonic vibrator device that may be configured to output an ultrasonic signal for repelling the...