ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,245, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Battery connection apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Sam Gyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Se Kwun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Ho Ryeon Yoon (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery connection apparatus for a vehicle including a cable terminal includes a terminal connection part provided in a tubular shape to be fitted to a circumference of a battery terminal protruding from a battery of the vehicle, the terminal connection part having ...