US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 24 for "Battery protection structure resistant against frontal collision of monocoque vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,522, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery protection structure resistant against frontal collision of monocoque vehicle" was invented by Seung Min Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment battery protection structure includes a sub frame mounted to a lower portion of a pair of front side members, a stopper provided at a rear portion of the sub frame and aligned with a power electric (PE) mounting part in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, the PE mounting part being configured to mount a PE system to the sub...