ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,221, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (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: "A vehicle HVAC system includes a compressor, an interior condenser disposed on the downstream side of the compressor, a water-cooled heat exchanger disposed on the downstream side of the interior condenser, and configured to transfer heat between a refrigerant and a coolant circulating in a coolant system, an exterior heat exchanger disposed on the downstream side of the water-cooled heat exchanger, and config...