ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,844, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Shroud structure" was invented by Yong Won Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Yun Ha (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Seung Cheol Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a shroud structure for a telescopic steering wheel of a vehicle, the shroud structure including a column elastically coupled to a fixture, and a shroud assembly disposed to surround the column and being movable together with the column, wherein the ...