ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,692, issued on April 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Auto flush door handle assembly" was invented by Jun-Tae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jung-Ho Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Han-Gi Son (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto flush door handle assembly includes a housing with an opening formed on one side of the housing, and a handle cover disposed inside the housing. In particular, the handle cover opens or closes the opening. The flush door handle assembly further includes a first rotation link having an upper end link-connected to the hou...