ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,509, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Thermal management system for a vehicle" was invented by Seong-Bin Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for a vehicle may adjust the temperature of a battery module by using one chiller where the refrigerant and the coolant may exchange heat with each other and a battery heater for selectively heating the coolant, may perform heating of the vehicle interior by using the coolant heated by the battery heater, may simplify a layout of the system and reduce manufac...