ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,443, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"High voltage junction block and vehicle including the same" was invented by Byoungcheol Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Seungmin Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high voltage junction block includes a block housing accommodating a circuit module distributing high voltage, a bus bar extending from the block housing, and supplying electric power to an electric power supply target body, a sealing member surrounding a circumference of the bus bar, and protecting moisture from flowing into the bus ...