US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 23 for "Panel fastening structure and method of panel door for vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,962, issued on June 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Panel fastening structure and method of panel door for vehicle" was invented by Je-Won Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel fastening structure of the panel door for a vehicle to which circumferences of an external panel and an internal panel are coupled, wherein a first side of the door hinged to a vehicle body includes the external panel and the internal panel fastened by a fastening member, and a second side of the door includes the external panel and the internal panel slidably cou...