ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,787, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Charging door device for vehicle" was invented by Hyeon Woo Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seung Jun Yang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment charging door device for a vehicle includes a charging-port door part configured to shield a charging part and to be rotatably coupled in a housing provided with the charging part, and an actuator coupled with a rotation shaft part provided in the charging-port door part and configured to rotatably move the charging-port door part to an open positio...