US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 3 for "Vehicle body rear connection structure" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,352, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle body rear connection structure" was invented by HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jungho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Chulhee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment is a vehicle body rear connection structure including a chassis frame, a rear vehicle body assembly with a rear mounting portion connected to the chassis frame, and a rear end module assembled with the rear vehicle body assembly in a...