ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,820, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body roof structure" was invented by Ji Won Chang (Seoul, South Korea), Yujeong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Inbum Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Sunki Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment roof structure for a vehicle body includes a roof side body disposed on both sides of the vehicle body and including a side closed section along a length direction of the vehicle body, a roof ring assembly mounted inside the roof side body and including a reinforcement closed section adjac...