ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,304, issued on March 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle body" was invented by Won Hae Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Nam Ho Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Seung Min Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sun Keun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Joo Chung (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Seung Hak Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Eun Bi Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body includes: an underbody with a pair of underside members spaced apart from each other in the width direction of a vehicle and extending in the longitudinal direction of the ...