ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,201, issued on March 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Fire extinguishing apparatus of vehicle" was invented by Kyung Wan Kang (Jeonju-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire extinguishing apparatus of a vehicle is capable of effectively extinguishing a fire by uniformly and directly spraying a fire extinguishing agent in a wide range to a battery cell covered with an external structure in a vehicle. The fire extinguishing apparatus includes a cover, a spray nozzle, a controller, a driving device, and a fire extinguishing agent supplying device."
The pa...