ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,364, issued on April 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KAI Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thermoplastic resin composition for air intake hose with improved heat resistance and molded article comprising same" was invented by Young Hak Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Min Park (Incheon, South Korea), Yong Jun Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Jeong Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoplastic resin composition for an air intake hose has improved heat resistance by mixing a mixed resin including a thermoplastic polyether-este...