ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,104, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai WIA Corp. (Changwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerant module and integrated thermal management module for vehicle including the same" was invented by Sang Shin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Mok Kim (Busan, South Korea), Man Ju Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Je Min Yeon (Incheon, South Korea), Man Hee Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Se Min Lee (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant module includes a compressor configured to discharge the refrigerant after compressing the refrigerant, a cond...