US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 23 for "Energy harvester device and method of manufacturing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,988, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Energy harvester device and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Dae-Sung Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Il-Seon Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyun-Soo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment energy harvester device includes a metal foam including a conductive material and having a plurality of fluid flow holes disposed in an outer surface thereof and a plurality of beads comprising a non-conductive material and disposed separately inside the metal foam, wherein the beads are confi...