ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,999, issued on July 8, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for controlling electric heater of vehicular HVAC system" was invented by Dae Hyun Song (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chang Gi Ryu (Seoul, South Korea), Woo Jin Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Dong Ju Ko (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyun Hun Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chun Kyu Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and In Uk Ko (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an electric heater of a vehicular heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes turning on t...