US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 7 for "Side reinforcing structure of vehicle body" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,997, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Side reinforcing structure of vehicle body" was invented by Won Ki Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jung Jong Chun (Seoul, South Korea), Yeongjae Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Heedae Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joon Tak Park (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Seokju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment side reinforcing structure includes a front pillar, a rear pillar, and a glass run lower inner reinforcement connecting the front pillar and the rear pillar. An embodiment vehicle includes a veh...