ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,103, issued on May 12, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fire extinguishing system for a vehicle" was invented by Hyeon Gi Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire extinguishing system for a vehicle includes: a first water tank in which fuel cell exhaust water from a fuel cell stack of a fuel cell system is stored; a first pump for pumping the fuel cell exhaust water; a coolant pump for pumping coolants of a water cooling system provided in the vehicle; a turbulence generator provided to pass through the fuel cell exhaust water pumped by the first ...