US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 17 for "Vehicle A-pillar garnish structure having no clip escape hole" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,462, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle A-pillar garnish structure having no clip escape hole" was invented by Han-Seok Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment A-pillar garnish structure includes an A-pillar portion defining an A-pillar inner space using a front inner upper panel and a side outer panel, a garnish fixed to the side outer panel using a mounting clip passing through the side outer panel, wherein the garnish is configured to provide a design of an exterior appearance of the A-pillar portion, and a vehicle-fra...