ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,257, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Jet impingement cooling apparatus" was invented by Il Suk Yang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jet impingement cooling apparatus includes a target having a flat surface and a plurality of recesses recessed from the flat surface, and a jet member having a plurality of orifices aligned with the plurality of recesses, respectively, wherein a cooling fluid is ejected from each orifice to the plurality of recesses."

The patent was filed on June 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/207,908.

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