ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,252, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Wheel structure and method of controlling wheel structure" was invented by Ji Woo Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hun Keon Ko (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Tae Yu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a wheel structure including a first hub member, a plurality of spokes that are provided in a circumferential direction (C1) of the first hub member, protrude outward from the first hub member in an outward direction (R1) intersecting the circumferential direction (C1), and have sides coupled t...