ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,316, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Dae Hung Precision Ind'l Co. Ltd. (Seosan-si, South Korea).

"Reservoir cup assembly of LPG fuel tank for vehicle" was invented by Seong-cheol Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Sungwon Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyeong Gwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Kyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Duk Hee Park (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea) and Seung Hyun Yeo (Seosan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reservoir cup assembly of an LPG fuel tank for a vehicle is configured to be installed on the fuel storage space side of the ...