ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,194, issued on May 12, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cooling channel structure of a motor" was invented by Kam Chun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Young Jeun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeong Uk An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Tack Lim (Incheon, South Korea), Kyung Jun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yong Gyu Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sung Min Hong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hong Wook Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Kyung Ku Yeo (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A channel structure includes a cooling channel continuously formed inside a housing. ...