ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,530, issued on July 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Thermal management system for vehicle" was invented by Ki Mok Kim (Busan, South Korea), Sang Shin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Man Ju Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for a vehicle, includes: a base refrigerant flow path provided sequentially with a compressor, a second expansion valve, an indoor condenser, a first expansion valve, an external condenser, and an evaporator and configured to flow a refrigerant in the base refrigerant flow path; a chiller refrigeran...