ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,041, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for measuring alignment of welding gun" was invented by Seung Ho Lee (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for measuring alignment of a welding gun comprises a case comprising an interior space and an open side, a supporting member mounted to the interior space, an upper block comprising a first end fixed to the supporting member, formed with an upper tip insertion hole at a second end, hinge-engaged with an upper pin mounted to the case and configured to rotate when an upper tip is...