ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,806, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KBI Dongkook Ind. Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Slide transfer device for vehicle" 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), Dong Yong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong il Son (Ulsan, South Korea), Dong Hyuk Choi (Ulsan, South Korea), Chang Bok Park (Ulsan, South Korea), O Sim Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sun Kyung Kim (Ulsan, South Korea).

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