ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,716, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Ultraviolet sterilization apparatus and method of controlling the same" was invented by Jae Seung Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an ultraviolet (UV) sterilization apparatus that has improved heat dissipation performance and is capable of being changed in position. The UV sterilization apparatus includes a sterilization unit configured to be movable to a predetermined position and including a UV emitter, a driving unit configured to move the sterilization un...