US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 4 for "Integrated thermal management system for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,291, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Integrated thermal management system for vehicle" was invented by Sang Shin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jong Won Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment integrated thermal management system for a vehicle includes a main refrigerant line configured to circulate a refrigerant sequentially through a compressor, an inner condenser, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an evaporator, an integrated chiller configured to perform heat exchange between a first coolant flowing through a battery, a ...