ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,135, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Front structure of vehicle body" was invented by Taeou Park (Seoul, South Korea), Seongwook Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Mun Soo Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Heeju Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front vehicle body structure includes a fender apron upper member, a shock absorber housing disposed under the fender apron upper member, and a front side member disposed under the shock absorber housing, and the fender apron upper member, the shock absorber housing and the front side memb...