ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,433, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Driving device for vehicle" was invented by Woo Hyun Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dae In Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ki Seok Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyoung Chul Min (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Sool Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyung Won Suh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yeo Hae Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes a carrier supported on the vehicle body. a ring gear installed such that a rotation axis thereof is concentric with a centra...