US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Oct. 27 for "Pressure vessel assembly and pressure vessel protector" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,782, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pressure vessel assembly and pressure vessel protector" was invented by Seon Woo Yoo (Ulsan, South Korea) and Cheol Hwan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure vessel assembly includes a pressure vessel including a cylinder, a first side dome provided at one end of the cylinder, and a second side dome provided at the other end of the cylinder, a first protector that surrounds an outer surface of the first side dome, a second protector that surrounds an outer surface of the second side dome...