ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,865, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Load distribution structure for shock absorber of vehicle" was invented by Jung-Ki Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jun-Hyoung Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Min-Cheol Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sun-Ki Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Soo-Kyung Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Won-Gun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Min-Uke Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load distribution structure for a shock absorber of a vehicle includes a shock absorber mounting panel fastened to an upper e...