US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 14 for "Side sill assembly of vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,466, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Side sill assembly of vehicle" was invented by Hyeong-Seok Lee (Gwangju, South Korea) and Huen-Sick Min (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment side sill assembly of a vehicle includes a side sill inner, a side sill inner reinforcement connected to a front end of the side sill inner and a front pillar inner lower of the vehicle, a side sill inner pipe disposed in a length direction of the vehicle and connected to the front end of the side sill inner, and a side sill inner extension connect...