US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION on May 19 for "Exoskeleton wearable robot" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,309, issued on May 19, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Exoskeleton wearable robot" was invented by Seok Won Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yoon Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Joo Young Chun (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Jin Hyun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an exoskeleton-type wearable robot. The exoskeleton-type wearable robot includes a first fixing unit configured to be worn on the body of the wearer, a first connection...