US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on July 28 for "Heat pump system for a vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,725, issued on July 28, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Heat pump system for a vehicle" was invented by Hyeonkeun Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yong Woong Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea), DaeKyu Han (Seoul, South Korea), Hyo Chan Bae (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seong-Bin Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump system for a vehicle may be capable of improving the overall efficiency of the system as well as simplifying the system. This may be achieved by adjusting the temperature of a battery module using a single chiller where the refr...