ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,402, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle power transmission assembly and assembly method thereof" was invented by Seung-Won Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle power transmission assembly includes a differential side gear transmitting power from an engine to wheels on both sides, a drive shaft coupled to the differential side gear to transmit, to wheels, driving force transmitted by the differential side gear, and a nut fastened to an outer circumference of the drive shaft to engage with the differential side gear...