ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,124, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (South, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (South, South Korea).
"Integrated air-conditioning system" was invented by Ki Mok Kim (Busan, South Korea), Sang Shin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Man Ju Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a system includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a switch vale, an integrated heat exchanger a first expander and a second expander connected to the refrigerant line, wherein the switch valve is configured to selectively circulate a refrigerant from the compressor either first to t...