ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,248, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Smart sealer management system and method" was invented by Seung Ho Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sung Hwan Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealer management system processes a method for monitoring a sealer usage. The sealer management system includes: an application unit for applying a sealer to a vehicle body; a pump for supplying the sealer to the application unit; a first sensor for detecting absence of a sealer inside a sealer drum, and a second sensor for detecting whether the se...