ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,044, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermal management system for vehicle" was invented by Man Ju Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Uk Il Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ki Mok Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Sang Shin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment is a thermal management system for a vehicle, the thermal management system including a main refrigerant line in which a compressor, an indoor condenser, a first expansion valve, an outdoor condenser, a second expansion valve, and an indoor evaporator are sequentially provid...