ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,231, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dehumidifier of lamp for vehicle and lamp including the same" was invented by Yoonsang Park (Gimcheon-si, South Korea) and Jae Deok Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dehumidifier, and a lamp for a vehicle including the same, can include a dust cover including a first communicate hole therein, a moisture absorption cover disposed in the dust cover, in which a desiccant that absorbs a moisture included in the air can be accommodated, and in which a second communicate hole corresponding to the fi...