ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,879, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea) and DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL Co. LTD. (Asan-si, South Korea).
"Heat pump system for a vehicle" was invented by Hoyoung Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Man Hee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gwi Taek Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Jeawan Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yeonho Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hochan An (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae Yeon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yeong Jun Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Mingyu Lee (Asan-si, South Korea), Seong Wan Jeong (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Daehui Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), ...