ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,747, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Charging door provided with projection lamp and method of controlling projection of same" was invented by Kui Chao Lv (Yantai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging door provided with a projection lamp and a method of controlling projection of the same, includes a base, a charging door panel, a connection member, and a projection lamp module, wherein a charging port is formed in the base, and a vehicle is charged through the charging port, the charging door panel is pivotably mounted to the base, the connectio...