US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 18 for "Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,923, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus" was invented by Je Won Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment is a vehicle door opening and closing apparatus including a vehicle door configured to be selectively opened and closed in a mode of a sliding mode and a swing mode to uncover and cover a door opening of a vehicle body. The vehicle door opening and closing apparatus further including a rail mounted on the vehicle body, a roller unit including a roller and a hinge element, the rol...