US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 22 for "Hammer device, apparatus for detecting fault of welded part, and method using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,451, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hammer device, apparatus for detecting fault of welded part, and method using the same" was invented by ByeongMoo Kim (Ulsan, South Korea), Junho Jeon (Ulsan, South Korea), Injoo Kwon (Yeosu-si, South Korea) and Tae-Hwi Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment hammer device includes a driver, an upper body configured to move in a direction set by power generated from the driver, an elastic body provided on the upper body, a hammer provided in the elastic body, a force sensor provided in th...