US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Pyeong Hwa Automotive on Sept. 23 for "Door latch device for vehicles" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,773, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co. Ltd. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Door latch device for vehicles" was invented by Hyong Don Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinwoo Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hee Ma (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyeon Tae Park (Yeongcheon-si, South Korea), Hyuk Noh (Daegu, South Korea) and Hyun Duk Cho (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door latch device for vehicles may configure a pop-up guide unit at a location far from a hinge portion on a door by integrally forming the pop-up guide unit in a l...