ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,853, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Jae Woo Ko (Daejeon, South Korea), Ki Jung Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Ki Man Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Gyu Ik Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle is provided, including an air-conditioning case with an inlet portion and a discharge port, and a first partition wall partitioning the inner space thereof into a first space portion and a second space portion, a cooling heat exchanger arranged in the air-conditioning case through the fir...