ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,659, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Door device for vehicle" was invented by Hyungin Yun (Whasung-Si, South Korea) and Chungsik Yim (Whasung-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door device includes a door configured to open or close a door opening formed in a vehicle body, a guide pin provided at a lower end portion of the door and extending toward a lower end portion of the vehicle body, and a guide module provided on the lower end portion of the vehicle body and slidably coupled with the guide pin as the guide pin is inserted in the guide mo...