ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,880, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Heat pump system for a vehicle" was invented by Jeawan Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hochan An (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yeonho Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hoyoung Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Man Hee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yeong Jun Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Jae Yeon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Gwi Taek Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a compressor, a first condenser, a receiver dryer, a second condenser, a first expansio...