ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,904, issued on March 25, was assigned to VALEO KAPEC Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Hybrid driving module" was invented by Jung-Woo Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a hybrid drive module, which may ensure pressing pressure for a lock-up clutch while reducing, through a simple structure, operating pressure of a piston for pressing a lock-up clutch disposed in a space to which fluid pressure of a torque converter is applied, the hybrid drive module having a small number of components and being capable of being easily assembled. The present invention is accomplished by providing a...