ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,622, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Robot hand module" was invented by Beom Su Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Seop Lim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Sang In Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Hyeon Bae (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kyu Jung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hyun Lee (Uiwang-si, South Korea), Joo Won Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyo Joong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Jin Hyun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ju Young Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot hand module includes a palm part and a thumb module coupled to...