US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, SUNG WOO HITECH on April 8 for "Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,233, issued on April 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and SUNG WOO HITECH Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).

"Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus" was invented by Je Won Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jae Heon Lee (Yangsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment is a vehicle door opening and closing apparatus. The vehicle door opening and closing apparatus including a vehicle door, a rail mounted on a vehicle body, a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door, the roller unit configured to move along the rail and allow the vehicle door to open and close ...