ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,251, issued on April 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body rear structure" was invented by HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jungho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Sang Kyoung Han (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Youngrock Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment rear structure of a vehicle body includes a rear opening having a first closed shape surrounding a rear of an upper body and mounted on the rear of the upper body, a rear end module having a...