ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,987, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Heat pump system for vehicle" was invented by Myunghwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jai Young An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Namho Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wan Je Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Eon Soo Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seong-Bin Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yeonho Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seongjae Lee (Suncheon-si, South Korea), Jae Yeon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Myung Hyuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes ...