ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,322, issued on June 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle door hinge apparatus" was invented by Doo Young Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Hyun Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyung Sik Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Heon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Woo Sik Yoon (Incheon, South Korea) and Min Su Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door hinge apparatus including a door link having one end pivotably and slidably connected to a vehicle body side and the other end hinged to a door side, a vehicle body link having one end pivotably and slidably ...