US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, KOOKMIN UNIVERISTY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Oct. 21 for "Personal mobility device with a guard" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,073, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KOOKMIN UNIVERISTY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Personal mobility device with a guard" was invented by Gu Min Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Jung Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Hyeon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yo Cheol Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Choong Yub Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jongmyung Park (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hee Seok (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Jun Ha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal mobility device (PMD) has a footboard unit inc...