ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,283, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Gripper" was invented by Beom Su Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Seop Lim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Ju Young Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyu Jung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyo-Joong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seong Taek Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ho Jun Kim (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Dong Jin Hyun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Min Woong Jeung (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripper includes a body part, a finger base part coupled to the body part to be rotatable, the finger base part includin...