ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,365, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrification apparatus for electric dust collection and air conditioner for vehicle including same" was invented by Hyunmin Shim (Seoul, South Korea), Naehyun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Namgyu Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Keonwang Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrification apparatus is used for electric dust collection in an air conditioner for a vehicle. The electrification apparatus includes a frame, a conductive microfiber, and a conductive plate. The frame includes a main body frame in which the conductive plate is ...