ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,664, issued on May 27, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and YOUNGSHIN PRECISION Co. LTD. (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Cam ring and plate module for vehicle vacuum pumps, and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hak Soo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Go Woon Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Hyeon Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seung Yong Shin (Gyeongju-si, South Korea), Seung Woo Lee (Gumi-si, South Korea) and O Su Jang (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cam ring and plate module for vehicle vacuum pumps in which, when an oxide layer formed th...