ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,281, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fender cover for mounting of autonomous driving sensor" was invented by Woo Jae Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hoon Chang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jong Wan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fender cover for mounting an autonomous driving sensor includes a first cover part fastenable to a fender for a vehicle in which a mounting area is machined. The first cover part is configured to guide a first sensor to be mounted in a protruded state in the mounting area. A second cover part is coupled to the...