ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,691, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and PHA Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Ramp apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Kyu Hoon Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Seung Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Pyung Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Min Jae Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a ramp apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing mounted on a vehicle body, a first ramp platform telescopically moving with respect to the housing, a second ramp platform telescopically moving with respect to the first ramp platform and an ...