US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE on May 26 for "Sliding-door drive unit for a vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,894, issued on May 26, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Sliding-door drive unit for a vehicle" was invented by Hyung-In Yun (Seoul, South Korea), So-Yeon Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jong-Han Woo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ki-Hwan Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Soo-Chul Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moon-Gyu Choi (Incheon, South Korea) and Seong-Tae Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding-door drive unit for a vehicle is capable of transferring or blocking drive power required to pull or pus...