ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,005, issued on March 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Plastic filler neck for vehicles" was invented by Jin Ug Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Man Seok Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jung Su Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Chang Han Kim (Gwangju, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can be used to form a plastic filler neck for a vehicle. The method includes providing a fuel injection pipe comprising a polyamide material containing nanoclay and having a single layer structure in cross-section, inserting and fastening a retainer into an internal space of a ...