ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,465, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Door handle of a vehicle" was invented by Untae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door handle of a vehicle includes a handle housing installed on a door of the vehicle and on which an insertion groove is formed, a handle inner member inserted into the insertion groove of the handle housing and operable to protrude from the insertion groove, and a camera module installed on the handle inner member to be exposed when the handle inner member protrudes."
The patent was filed on May 11, 2023,...