US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 17 for "Roof reinforcement structure for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,461, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Roof reinforcement structure for vehicle" was invented by HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Kyoung Han (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Youngrock Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment roof reinforcement structure for a vehicle includes side body structures disposed on both sides of a vehicle body along a front to rear direction of the vehicle body, each of the side body structures including front and rear quarter completements at a front a...