ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,103, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Independent corner module" was invented by Sehyun Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Woo Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jun Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Young Il Sohn (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment independent corner module includes a knuckle fastened to a wheel, a steering frame fastened to the knuckle, the steering frame having an upper end configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and to rotate together with the knuckle to apply a steering angle to the wheel, a steering drive un...