ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,258, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Corner module apparatus" was invented by Won Hyok Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Tae Heon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corner module apparatus includes a drive unit to provide a driving force to a wheel, a suspension arm to support the drive unit with respect to a vehicle body, a stretchable shock absorber connected at one side thereof to the drive unit, a steering drive member to support another side of the shock absorber with respect to the vehicle body and generate a steering force, and a steering transmission mem...