ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,608, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device for collecting odor data and method for collecting odor data using the same" was invented by Tae Hee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Dae Un Sung (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment device for collecting odor data includes an odor measurement chamber including a gas injection hole, a first gas circulation line and a second gas circulation line selectively connected to the odor measurement chamber, internal odor sensors disposed in the odor measurement chamber, wherein the internal odo...