ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,648, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric water pump" was invented by Gyeong Cheol Yang (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric water pump applicable to a cooling device of a fuel cell system is proposed. The electric water pump comprises a pumping part, housed in a pump housing, configured to pump coolant, a motor part, housed in a motor housing coupled to the pump housing, configured to provide power to the pumping part, and a control part, housed in a controller housing coupled to the motor housing, configured to control the ...