US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 8 for "Vehicle HVAC system" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,698, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle HVAC system" was invented by Kwang Min Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle includes a compressor, an interior condenser disposed on a downstream side of the compressor, a water-cooled heat exchanger disposed on a downstream side of the interior condenser and configured to transfer heat between a refrigerant and a coolant circulating in a coolant system, a refrigerant heat exchanger disposed on an upstrea...