US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Aug. 25 for "Refrigerant valve module for a vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,262, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerant valve module for a vehicle" was invented by Seong-Bin Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant valve module for a vehicle may include a valve manifold interiorly forming a refrigerant fluid line so as to selectively discharge or bypass a supplied refrigerant, and a plurality of valve assemblies mounted in the valve manifold so as to control flowing of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant fluid line."

The patent was filed on April 2, 2024, under Application No. 1...