ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,229, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle HVAC system" was invented by Kwang Min Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment HVAC system includes a compressor, an interior condenser disposed on a downstream side of the compressor, a refrigerant heat exchanger located between the interior condenser and the compressor, wherein the refrigerant heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat between an expanded refrigerant and a non-expanded refrigerant of a refrigerant discharged from the interior condenser, a water-cooled heat...