ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,708, issued on March 31, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Front end module frame of vehicle" was invented by Tae Ou Park (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Won Gun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Do Hoi Kim (Sejong-Si, South Korea), Jae Sup Byun (Seongnam-Si, South Korea) and Jang Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front end module frame includes a lower member which is provided at opposite end portions thereof with lower crash boxes connected to the front end portion of a front sub-frame of the vehicle, and a front bu...