US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 7 for "Cinching device for vehicle latch" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,342, issued on July 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cinching device for vehicle latch" was invented by Yongdae Seo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cinching apparatus for a vehicle latch includes a cable lever coupled, by a pin, to a lead nut which is moved along a lead screw by driving power of a single cinching actuator, and the cable lever and a plurality of latches are connected by a plurality of cinching cables so that a difference in cinching stroke between the plurality of latches may be absorbed, and cinching control is possible."

The patent wa...