ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,721, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Heat pump system for a vehicle" was invented by Tae Hee Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Yong Woong Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea), Wan Je Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seong-Bin Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyunsub Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyunjae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minseob Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Doyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Chunkyu Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jae-Eun Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to efficiently perform heating of a vehic...