US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, PHA on Sept. 29 for "Door latch device for vehicles" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,616, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and PHA Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Door latch device for vehicles" was invented by Hyong Don Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Yongdae Seo (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Jong Chul Oh (Daegu, South Korea), Tae Won Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Do Sik Moon (Daegu, South Korea), Hyeon Yeong Park (Daegu, South Korea), Kyung Yul Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Hyun Duk Cho (Daegu, South Korea) and Jong Ho Park (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door latch apparatus for vehicles, includes: a door striker fixed to a vehic...