US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF CHONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY on Jan. 13 for "Absorbent belt and oil skimmer including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,646, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF CHONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

"Absorbent belt and oil skimmer including the same" was invented by Sungmin Bae (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Cheol Sang Kim (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Chan Hee Park (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Sung Won Ko (Jeonju-si, South Korea), Jun Hee Lee (Jeonju-si, South Korea) and Joon Yeon Moon (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent belt according to an embodiment is for absorbing an oil contained in a cleaning li...