US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 28 for "Electric vehicle structure" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,950, issued on July 28, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electric vehicle structure" was invented by Seung Min Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Joo Nam Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle structure includes a floor panel including upper and lower side walls spaced apart from each other, the floor panel being configured to cover an upper side of a battery accommodation space, side sills coupled to two opposite ends of the floor panel to define the battery accommodation space, floor drain holes extending through the upper side wall of ...