ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,138, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Gripper" was invented by Seok Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Ho Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Gi Tae Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hwa Woong Yoo (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Seok Won Lee (Nonsan-si, South Korea) and Seung Jun Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripper includes a finger module coupled to one side of a palm module, the palm module including a first power unit including a first rotary shaft and configured to rotate the first rotary shaft, a screw member configured to rotate in conjunc...