US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on March 24 for "Roof structure for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,297, issued on March 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Roof structure for vehicle" was invented by SunKi Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yujeong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ji Won Chang (Seoul, South Korea) and Inbum Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment roof structure for a vehicle includes a roof rail assembly configured to be connected to side structures disposed on both sides of a vehicle body, the roof rail assembly including an opening defined therein, a removable roof panel detachably provided in a first section of an area of t...