ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,207, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device for cooling a motor" was invented by Won Seok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Baek Yu Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chul Min Ahn (Anyang-si, South Korea), Su Hyeon Maeng (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hui Cheon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sun Sung Kwon (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Sung Gon Byun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cooling a motor can improve motor cooling performance with multiple cooling channels formed in a stator core of the motor, allowing a coolant to flow i...