US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Industrial Cooperation Foundation Jeonbuk National University on May 20 for "Residual stress estimation apparatus and method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,097, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Industrial Cooperation Foundation Jeonbuk National University (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

"Residual stress estimation apparatus and method" was invented by Eun Jeong Choi (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Keum Hyang Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Min Chul Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Chan Ho Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Lae Hyong Kang (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Hye Lim Jang (Iksan-si, South Korea) and Dae Hyun Han (Gunsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus performs a method for estimating residual stre...