ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,081, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Sliding door device for vehicle" was invented by Jaeseung Lee (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding door device includes a door arm including one end portion rotatably connected to one end portion of a door, and the other end portion movable along a side sill of the vehicle body, a lower slider coupled to the second end portion of the door arm and configured to be rectilinearly movable along the side sill of the vehicle body, a lower arm plate connecting the second end portion of the door arm ...