US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Daedong Door on April 21 for "Vehicle latch with adjustable opening speed" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,046, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Daedong Door Inc. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Vehicle latch with adjustable opening speed" was invented by Jin Su Son (Incheon, South Korea), Sang Min Jeong (Incheon, South Korea) and Duck Young Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle latch includes a catch which restricts or releases a striker disposed in a vehicle body, a pawl which comes into contact with one side of the catch to restrict rotation of the catch, a motor which transmits power to a link part, a worm gear engaged with the mot...