US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Dec. 16 for "Vehicle solar system and method of controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,876, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle solar system and method of controlling the same" was invented by Chun Kyu Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyun Sub Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jong Woo Nam (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle solar system includes a solar module mounted on an exterior surface of a vehicle, the solar module including a solar panel and a cooling channel positioned in the solar panel; a heat storage tank thermally connected to the cooling channel of the solar module; and a panel radiator thermal...