US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Dec. 30 for "Air conditioner system for mobility device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,864, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air conditioner system for mobility device" was invented by Hyo Geun Oh (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Kwang Ok Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Do Ung Hong (Changwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an air conditioner system for a mobility device, some inside air communicates with an outdoor heat exchanger when outside air for indoor ventilation is introduced, thereby improving heat pump performance. That is, by allowing indoor cold air to communicate with the outdoor heat exchanger upon mixing the inside...