ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,027, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Landing gear system for mobile object" was invented by Choung Hyoung Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Hong Ju Lee (Anyang-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear system for a mobile object may include: a first shaft unit configured to adjust a driving direction of a fuselage; a second shaft unit coupled to the first shaft unit and configured to retract the first shaft unit into the fuselage or extend the first shaft unit, retracted into the fuselage, from the fuselage; a driver configured to supply driving f...