US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Mobinn on Sept. 16 for "Wheel and mobility including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,380, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Mobinn Inc. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Wheel and mobility including the same" was invented by Sun Myoung Jo (Ansan-si, South Korea), Jin Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Chung (Hwaseongsi, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile apparatus is provided. The mobile apparatus may include: a body including a material of which a shape is reversibly deformable; a first link rotatably coupled to the body; a second link having one side rotatably coupled to the first link and the other side rotatably coupled to the ...