ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,096, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Steering and suspension device of vehicle body" was invented by Jiseo Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Tae Han Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering and suspension device of a vehicle includes a steering motor fixed to and disposed in a vehicle body at a rear side of the vehicle, and providing a driving force for steering, a worm gear connected to the steering motor, and rotated by the driving force of the steering motor; a steering device connection assembly of which one end ...