ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,944, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and MOBINN Inc. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Moving body" was invented by Sun Myoung Jo (Ansan-si, South Korea), Jin Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Chung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moving body including a body, a wheel coupled to the body and configured to rotate relative to the body, and an auxiliary wheel connected to the body and configured to move upwards and downwards. The auxiliary wheel has an area protruding more downwards than the wheel when the auxiliary wheel is moved to a lowermost ...