US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 14 for "Driving apparatus for swing door" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,363, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Driving apparatus for swing door" was invented by Seung Young Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment driving apparatus for a swing door includes a drive shaft that is linearly movable, a drive casing rotatably disposed around the drive shaft, and a conversion mechanism configured to convert a linear movement of the drive shaft into a rotational movement of the drive casing, wherein the conversion mechanism includes a first spiral groove provided in an exterior surface of the drive sh...