ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,098, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Power supply of a vehicle motor having an elastic member with a coupling portion" was invented by Tae Won Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Chan Hyeok Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yo Sub Sim (Seongju-gun, South Korea) and Jae Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply of a motor for a vehicle includes: a terminal block mounted to a motor housing to prevent disconnection of a terminal connection portion configured to supply power to a stator coil of the motor; a terminal plate electrically c...