ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,264, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co.; (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Clutch for preventing backdrive" was invented by Sang Woo Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Youngil Sohn (Yongin-Si, South Korea), Sehyun Chang (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Min Jun Kim (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clutch for preventing backdrive includes a housing, a cover portion located at one end portion of the housing, an external shaft, at least a portion of which is located in the housing, and another end portion of which passes through the housing, a plurality of lockers located inside the housi...