US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on Sept. 1 for "Charging port opening and closing apparatus for vehicles" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,477, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Charging port opening and closing apparatus for vehicles" was invented by Jang Ho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae Sup Byun (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a charging port opening and closing apparatus for vehicles capable of opening and closing a fast part of a charging port without direct contact of a user's body with the charging port. The charging port opening and closing apparatus for vehicles for opening and closing the charging port coupled to a charging gun includes a door unit incl...