ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,429, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle front subframe" was invented by Chang Kyu Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Il Hun Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Byung Joo Chung (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Seung Hak Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Won Hae Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front subframe includes: a pair of longitudinal members each extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and having a mounting recess; an inner reinforcing member mounted in an inner cavity of each longitudinal member; and a suspension...