ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,535, issued on July 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicular thermal management module" was invented by Chun Kyu Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jong Woo Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Yong Woong Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Sub Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular thermal management module includes a low-temperature-side manifold having a low-temperature refrigerant passage, a high-temperature-side manifold having a high-temperature refrigerant passage, and facing the low-temperature-side manifold, a compressor disposed betwee...