ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,431, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Connection structure of vehicle body" was invented by Songjae Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jaeha Shim (Goyang-si, South Korea), Bong Guen Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Hoon Jung (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment connection structure of a vehicle body includes a side member disposed along a front to rear direction of the vehicle body on an upper portion of a side structure provided on a side of the vehicle body, the side member having a first closed cross-section, a roof ra...