ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,944, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Vehicle air conditioner having photocatalyst module" was invented by Jae Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji-Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Jin Woo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung Je Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vehicle air conditioner, and more particularly, to a vehicle air conditioner having a photocatalyst module, which provides an optimal design location or a mounting structure in which the photocatalyst module is mounted on an upper surface of a d...