ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,739, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY (Incheon, South Korea) and SEOJIN INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

"Vehicle battery case" was invented by Sung Ho Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Uk Heo (Incheon, South Korea), Han Young Hwang (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Sang Pil Park (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a vehicle battery case including: a case body in which a vehicle battery is contained; and a side portion extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and coupled to a side of the case body,...