US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, KOLON SPACEWORKS on March 24 for "Side structure of vehicle body" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,525, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KOLON SPACEWORKS CO LTD. (Gyeongsangnam-Do, South Korea).

"Side structure of vehicle body" was invented by Jin Han Chang (Ansan-si, South Korea), Minsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoonkyoung Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Kuk Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Chang Hee Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment side structure of a vehicle body includes a side body, a surround panel coupled to the side body and having an opening, and a side outer panel including a plastic composite material cou...