US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 15 for "Apparatus for connecting loading part of vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,130, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for connecting loading part of vehicle" was invented by Do Hoi Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea), Hee Dae Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Jong Chun (Seoul, South Korea) and Seong Jae Shin (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment apparatus includes a loading part of a vehicle, a drone unit connected with the loading part and configured to apply a driving force of the vehicle, a connecting unit positioned on a lower side of the loading part and connected with a part of an upper side of ...