US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on March 31 for "Vehicle fire-extinguishing and passenger-cooling device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,268, issued on March 31, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle fire-extinguishing and passenger-cooling device" was invented by Baek Hee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soong Un Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kang Yen Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Won Seok Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle fire-extinguishing and passenger-cooling device includes a fire-extinguishing fluid spray device and a cooling gas discharge device. In the event of a vehicle fire occurring in a seat on which a passenger is seated, the fire-extinguishing fluid spray ...