ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,915, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Structure for protecting battery pack of vehicle" was invented by Seung Min Kang (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Joo Nam Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure for protecting a battery pack of a vehicle, includes: a body cross member provided in a transverse direction of a vehicle body for connection between side sills provided at opposite sides of the vehicle body; a shock-absorbing member formed in backward and forward directions of the vehicle, provided inside the side sills, and aligned ...