US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, DAEJOO KORES on March 17 for "Reinforcement rail for roof side rail for vehicle and roof side rail assembly with improved rigidity using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,916, issued on March 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAEJOO KORES Co. LTD. (Wanju-Gun, South Korea).

"Reinforcement rail for roof side rail for vehicle and roof side rail assembly with improved rigidity using the same" was invented by Sang-Il Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung-Uk Choo (Wanju-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcement rail for a roof side rail according to the present disclosure includes a first section having a predetermined thickness, a second section extending toward a lower side of a vehicle from an end of the first section bas...