US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 16 for "Method for separate control of HVAC for a vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,512, issued on June 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for separate control of HVAC for a vehicle" was invented by Jae Won Heo (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Han Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Yong Chul Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Tae Han Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for separate control of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) for a vehicle includes: determining if a set condition is satisfied, such that separate HVAC control is possible, when HVAC is performed; detecting a passenger count, an HVAC thermal load, and ...