US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, SEJONG IND. on June 30 for "Silencer and vehicle including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,137, issued on June 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and SEJONG IND. Co. LTD. (Ulsan, South Korea).

"Silencer and vehicle including the same" was invented by Ki Ho Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jong Yeol Lee (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Jun Ho Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Soo Kim (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a silencer of a vehicle's exhaust system for a fuel cell system is capable of reducing high-frequency noise and reducing noise generated from a drain, wherein the silencer includes a housing having an inlet and an outl...