ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,975, issued on Sept. 2, 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).

"Low profile flat bombe for LPG storage and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Seong Cheol Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Won Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ju Tae Song (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung Hyun Yeo (Gimcheon-si, South Korea) and Duk Hee Park (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low profile flat bombe for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage and method for manufacturing the same, may include a flat bombe bod...