US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, TAEKWANGFUJIKIN on July 14 for "Manifold" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,903, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and TAEKWANGFUJIKIN Co. LTD (Busan, South Korea).

"Manifold" was invented by Jong Cheon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae Jun Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Gu Ho Kim (Busan, South Korea), Yong Ki Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Yong Seob Sin (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold can include a manifold body including a fluid passage allowing a fluid to flow and a port provided to discharge the fluid from the fluid passage, a pipe inserted into the port of the manifold body, and including a pipe fluid ...