US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Daedong Movel System, PHA on April 22 for "Vehicle hinge driving apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,513, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), Daedong Movel System Co. Ltd. (Siheung-si, South Korea) and PHA Co. Ltd. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Vehicle hinge driving apparatus" was invented by Duck Young Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ki Dong Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Oh Sik Kwon (Siheung-si, South Korea), Kyu Bum Kim (Siheung-si, South Korea) and Kwang Hun Hong (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle hinge driving apparatus includes an actuator, a housing connected to the actuator, an output shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, a transmission ...