ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,247, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for automatic assembly of weather strip" was invented by Dong Ha Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are an apparatus and a method for automatic assembly of a weather strip, wherein both the work of fitting a weather strip (20) to a chassis flange (10) constituting a vehicle body and the work of quality inspection for inspecting the fitted state of the weather strip (20) are automated, thereby contributing to work efficiency improvement and quality enhancement."...