ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,988, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric vehicle cable mounting system and method therefor" was invented by Woo Hyung Lee (Uijeongbu-si, South Korea), Seung Tack Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Ho Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Young Tae Choi (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Hyun Gu Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Su Hwan Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A electric vehicle cable mounting system includes a driving unit including a rotary disc and allowing a charging cable to be released from a side in accordance with a rotation motion of a rot...