ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,278, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fluid mount device for vehicle" was invented by Seung Won Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid mount for a vehicle includes a main bush mounted on an outer circumferential surface of an inner pipe and to which an outer pipe is coupled so that a fluid-contained internal region is sealed, and a middle bush dividing the internal region into a front liquid chamber and a rear liquid chamber and configured to, when vibration is generated along an axial direction of the inner pipe, form a fluid path e...