ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,306, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Frunk for vehicles" was invented by Ju Wan Han (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frunk for a vehicle includes a lower part, which is formed in a container shape having a loading space defined therein, and an upper part, which has an opening formed therein so as to be covered by a hood, is assembled to the upper end of the lower part, and is pressed by the hood and separated from the lower part when load equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied onto the hood."
The patent was filed on ...