ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,768, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Cowl side trim" was invented by Han Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Kyu Hee Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kang Ho Joo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cowl side trim is configured to be installed on a cowl side panel on a driver side of a vehicle. The cowl side trim includes a cowl part installed on the cowl side panel at a position adjacent to a door of the vehicle, a footrest part integrally formed with the cowl part, and a breakage forming part formed along a boundary line dividing a rear surfac...