US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, PHA on Sept. 22 for "Charge port door assembly" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,530, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and PHA Co. Ltd. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Charge port door assembly" was invented by Sang Il Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Kyung Min Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment charge port door assembly includes a housing including an opening, a door movable relative to the housing, a first shaft configured to move the door, a second shaft spaced apart from the first shaft, and an actuator disposed between the first shaft and the second shaft and configured to drive the first shaft or the ...