US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 18 for "System and method for controlling internal temperature of vehicle when engine is turned off" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,985, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for controlling internal temperature of vehicle when engine is turned off" was invented by Byung-Moon Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Kyoung-Hee Kim (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling an internal temperature of a vehicle when an engine is turned off includes a temperature sensor configured to measure an internal temperature (Ti) of a vehicle; a first blower configured to discharge cooled air when an electric power is supplied to the first blower; a battery; a...