US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, PHA, Keyang Electric Machinery on April 29 for "Vehicle hinge driving apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,831, issued on April 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), PHA Co. Ltd. (Daegu, South Korea) and Keyang Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle hinge driving apparatus" was invented by Duck Young Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae Man Cho (Incheon, South Korea), Byung Ju Kang (Ansan-si, South Korea), Seung Yup Lee (Siheung-si, South Korea) and Kwang Hun Hong (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle hinge driving apparatus includes an actuator, a housing connected to the actuator, an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis...