ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,550, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC. (Seosan-si, South Korea).

"Rail locking device" was invented by Jung Hoon Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Hong Sik Chang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Suk Seo (Seoul, South Korea), Hye Kyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwan Woo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin Wook Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Eom Seok Yoo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), In Gul Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ki Young Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yong Seong Jang (Incheon, South Korea) and Chan Ju Kim (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

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