US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 25 for "Environmental control device of aircraft and method for operating environmental control device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,582, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Environmental control device of aircraft and method for operating environmental control device" was invented by Gwi Taek Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Ji Won Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Mi Jin Kim (Gwacheon-si, South Korea) and Woo Suk Jung (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An environmental control device includes a shaft installed in an aircraft and coupled to a motor to be rotatable; a compressor connected to the shaft to be rotatable, the compressor adiabatically compressing external air intro...