US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 16 for "Apparatus and method for automatic assembly of brake system" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,582, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for automatic assembly of brake system" was invented by Dong Ha Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are an apparatus and a method for automatic assembly of a brake system, wherein the work of coupling a clevis pin (300) and a snap pin (400) to connect a pedal arm (110) of a brake pedal (100) to a clevis (220) provided on a push rod (210) of a brake (200) is automated, thereby contributing to work efficiency improvement and quality enhancement."

The patent was...