ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,681, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Charging gun disconnecting apparatus" was invented by Jang Ho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging gun disconnecting apparatus including a housing disposed on a panel of a vehicle and coupled to a charging gun and a pushing unit disposed inside the vehicle and disposed inside the housing. The pushing unit includes a holder coupled to a hook of the charging gun and configured to move and to protrude to the outside of the panel of the vehicle and an ejector that protrudes to the outside of the panel together with the h...