The Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency has registered a utility model for a device designed to cool down the interior of patrol cars. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
ULSAN, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency has registered a utility model for a device designed to cool down the interior of patrol cars.
The agency announced on Tuesday that it had developed an indoor air circulation system for patrol cars and completed the utility model registration.
The purpose of utility model rights is to protect ideas with the potential for practical use. The utility model rights registered by Ulsan’s police agency are based on the idea of installing a fan in the safety partition of police cars to facilitate the flow of cool air from the front-seat air-conditioner to the back seats.
Most police cars have a partition made of reinforced plastic and steel that ensures the safety of officers by separating the front and back seats. However, this partition obstructs air circulation inside the vehicles.
Consequently, during the hot summer months, even when the front-seat air conditioner is turned up, cool air does not reach the back seats. This makes the back seats extremely uncomfortable for seniors and children being transported by the police, as well as individuals who have been detained.
If the front-seat air-conditioner is turned up to lower the temperature in the back seat area, the police officers sitting in the front might feel a chill.
To address this issue, the agency proposed the installation of a fan in the safety partition. A switch was added to the fan, allowing users to turn it on or off, and then it was securely fixed to the safety partition.
After testing a prototype product, the agency found that simply turning on the fan in the patrol car’s safety partition lowered the temperature inside the vehicle by 7.3 Celsius degrees compared to existing patrol cars.
After confirming the effectiveness of the product, the agency began installing the device in patrol cars in July 2022.
Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)
