ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,042, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).
"Transfer apparatus" was invented by Do-Youn Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kuk Saeng Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Wan Hee Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inventive concept provides a transfer apparatus. The transfer apparatus includes a transfer truck; and a bumper device installed at any one of the front part or the rear part of the transfer truck, and wherein the bumper device includes: a bumper provided spaced apart from the transfer truck; and an impact attenuation unit provided between the bumper and the trans...