US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 30 for "Frame assembly for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,308, issued on June 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Frame assembly for vehicle" was invented by Chang Un Jeon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jang Won Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seung Tae Song (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame assembly for a vehicle includes a body side sill provided in an outward direction of a body floor of the vehicle, extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to form an internal space, and including an internal reinforcing portion fixed to the internal space, and a center pillar provided at a side of th...