US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 14 for "Seat cross member assembly and method of assembling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,250, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Seat cross member assembly and method of assembling the same" was invented by Seong Su Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Soo Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat cross member assembly for a vehicle includes a seat cross lower member coupled to a lower portion of a floor panel and a seat cross upper member coupled to an upper portion of the floor panel. A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a pair of rear side members on each side of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction, a seat ra...