ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,104, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Suspension having leaf spring" was invented by Sehyun Chang (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Youngil Sohn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jun Ho Seong (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jun Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Sang Woo Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaf spring suspension includes a knuckle having a wheel to be coupled thereto, a fixed frame positioned on a vehicle body and coupled to the knuckle through a trailing arm, a leaf spring having a first end portion coupled to the knuckle and having a second end p...