US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 14 for "Charger latch assisting device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,232, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Charger latch assisting device" was invented by Yong Chul Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hwa Woong Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byung Ho Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Ki Hoon Nam (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment charger latch assisting device includes a contactor provided in contact with a latch button of a charger, an output clutch coupled to the contactor to rotate in conjunction with the contactor, a detection target coupled to the output clutch to move in conjunction with t...