ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,057, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor company (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Door connecting device for vehicle" was invented by Hyungin Yun (Seoul, South Korea) and Chungsik Yim (Anyang-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door connecting device for a vehicle to which opposite swing doors including a rear door and a front door is applied, the opposite swing doors being configured to be opened or closed by a relative movement between the rear door and the front door, includes a damper disposed on one of the front door and the rear door and configured to move forward or rearward w...