ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,928, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Independent corner module" was invented by Sehyun Chang (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Sang Woo Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jun Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Young Il Sohn (Yongin-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An independent corner module includes an axle fastened to and positioned on a wheel, a steering frame fastened to the axle and rotated integrally with the axle to apply a steering angle to the wheel, a vehicle body guide rail positioned on a vehicle body and fastened to a rotation center axis of the st...