ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,351, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Integrated actuator assembly for disconnector device and electronic limited slip differential device" was invented by Young-Bae Ryu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kang-Soo Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin-Seung Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae-Weon Jun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sang-Bum Baek (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated actuator assembly for a disconnector device and an electronic limited slip differential (eLSD) device includes a driving motor, a screw shaft rotat...