US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on April 7 for "HVAC system including sterilization unit" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,353, issued on April 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"HVAC system including sterilization unit" was invented by Sang Shin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong Min An (Seoul, South Korea), Yoon Hyung Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Byoung Hyun Ji (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An HVAC system including a sterilization unit is provided, wherein in one embodiment the sterilization unit is located within the HVAC system. The sterilization unit includes a housing configured to envelop an outer side surface of the sterilization unit, an irradiation un...