ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,199, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Independent corner module" was invented by Sehyun Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Woo Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jun Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Youngil Sohn (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment independent corner module includes a knuckle unit positioned on an inner side surface of a wheel, a steering unit disposed to face a strut coupled to the knuckle unit, the steering unit having a center shaft configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and configured to rotate about the ce...