ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,692, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Corner module apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Jae Woong Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jin Wook Joo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corner module apparatus for a vehicle including a driving unit installed inside a wheel and configured to provide a driving force to the wheel, a first knuckle coupled to the driving unit, a second knuckle spaced apart from the first knuckle in a width direction of the vehicle and disposed to face each other, a suspension unit configured to connect to the second knuckle and supports t...