ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,259, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Wheel and moving object including the same" was invented by Hyun Seop Lim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Ju Young Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyu Jung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Beom Su Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ho Jun Kim (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Dong Jin Hyun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment wheel includes a wheel frame unit including a plurality of peripheral regions, a driving power unit disposed at a first side of the wheel frame unit an...