US Patent Issued to Hyundai Mobis on Sept. 15 for "In-vehicle sterilization system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,262, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"In-vehicle sterilization system" was invented by Hyung Jin Won (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seung Jae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jong Joo Kang (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an in-vehicle sterilization system. The system includes a sterilizer that includes one or more ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The system also includes processors that determine a time point at which the sterilizer is to be operated, and control operation of the sterilizer according to a result of the determination."

The p...