ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,193, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Stiffness reinforcement structure for vehicle" was invented by Jong-Min Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment stiffness reinforcement structure for a vehicle includes a support member including an upper end joined to a lateral end of a roof bow of a vehicle body and a lower end joined to a front frame disposed at a lower portion of the vehicle body to connect the roof bow and the front frame. The support member is disposed between a side pillar of the vehicle body and an interior of ...