ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,479, issued on March 31, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and PHA Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).
"Door latch device for vehicle" was invented by Hyong Don Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinwoo Nam (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Duk Cho (Daegu, South Korea) and Ki-Ryun Ahn (Daegu, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door latch device for a vehicle is disclosed. A door latch device for a vehicle is applied to a vehicle having no B-pillar. The door latch device includes a latch unit and a pop-up guide unit together with a locking unit including a locking claw, a locking claw...