ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,249, issued on June 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Hardware automatic fastening apparatus" was invented by Ji Eun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hardware automatic fastening apparatus includes a magazine having a lever formed on an outer edge to store and supply hardware including any one or more types of a bolt, a nut, and a clip, a rotating part coupled to the magazine to rotate the magazine to position the hardware at a predetermined position, and a torque generating tool provided with an ascending and descending mechanism for ascend...