ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,282, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Thermal management system for vehicle" was invented by Jong Won Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Sang Shin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment thermal management system for a vehicle includes a compressor on a first refrigerant line that compresses a refrigerant circulated therein, an external condenser on the first refrigerant line downstream of the compressor that releases heat of the refrigerant, a front evaporator on the first refrigerant line downstream of the external condenser...