US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Aug. 4 for "Structural battery for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,887, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Structural battery for vehicle" was invented by Won Ki Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Chun-Gon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Wook Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo-Seung Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jung-Eon Noh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment structural battery for an electric vehicle includes an upper rail and a lower rail coupled with the upper rail, wherein the upper rail and the lower rail are electric...