ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,456, issued on July 14, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Motor assembly with elastic member contacting a printed circuit board and a connector cover" was invented by Jihwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes a motor housing having a motor built therein; a board housing having a printed circuit board built therein, and coupled to the motor housing; a connector cover provided with connector terminals electrically connected to elements of the printed circuit board, and coupled to the board housing; and an elastic member having one surface br...