ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,731, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL Co. LTD. (Asan-si, South Korea).

"Roof-type air conditioner" was invented by Kwang Ok Han (Seoul, South Korea), Myung Hoe Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Nam Seok Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Su Yeon Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Kwang Woon Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yeong Jun Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Jae Won Cha (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea), Won Jun Joung (Uiwang-si, South Korea) and Byung Guk An (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof-type air conditioner is provided in wh...