ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,178, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Seung Woo Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ju Tae Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sung Gae Wee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle body includes a front cross portion having a substantially uniform cross-section throughout its entire length, a rear cross portion spaced apart from the front cross portion, the rear cross portion having a substantially uniform cross-section throughout its entire length, and a connection structure conne...