US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, Kia, Kwangjin on Sept. 29 for "Swing/sliding door device for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,620, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwangjin Co. Ltd. (Asan-si, South Korea).

"Swing/sliding door device for vehicle" was invented by Jaeseung Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jinsu Jang (Asan-si, South Korea) and Taeyong Jeon (Asan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swing and sliding door device for a vehicle is provided at a lateral side of a chassis cab of a vehicle to selectively swing or slide and configured to open or close an opening formed in the chassis cab and includes doors hingedly and rotatably connected to cab frames, respe...