ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,263, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Composite rim of vehicle wheel and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jeong Min Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chi Hoon Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Young Chan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a composite rim of a vehicle wheel and a method of manufacturing the same, which is reduced in weight through the use of a continuous fiber composite. The rim of a vehicle wheel may be formed by stacking composite sheets, each prepared by impregnating fibers with a r...