ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,239, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corpration (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle wheel having adjustable insert neck and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Jun Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Young Chan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Min Soo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Young Rae Jo (Seoul, South Korea), Young Il Kim (Chungju-si, South Korea), Sang Bum Park (Chungju-si, South Korea) and Chang Hak Yoo (Chungju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting proces...