US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, DAEDONG DOOR on Dec. 30 for "Front lid latch apparatus for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,924, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAEDONG DOOR Inc. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Front lid latch apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Sang Il Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Kwang Che Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment front lid latch apparatus for a vehicle includes a pawl lever movable between an engaging position and a disengaging position by a first actuator, a latch lever assembly movable between a first hold position and a first releasable position by a movement of the pawl lever, a safety lever movable bet...