ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,023, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling temperature and pressure of aircraft" was invented by Gwi Taek Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Ji Won Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Mi Jin Kim (Gwacheon-Si, South Korea) and Woo Suk Jung (Gwangmyeong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling temperature and pressure may include: a shaft installed in an aircraft, the shaft being rotatable by having a motor coupled thereto; a compressor, rotatable by being connected to the shaft, configured to form a flow of heated c...