US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 24 for "Vehicle body rear structure" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,527, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle body rear structure" was invented by HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jungho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Sang Kyoung Han (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Youngrock Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment rear structure of a vehicle body includes a rear quarter roof side member defining part of an upper closed structure above the vehicle body, defining part of a rear closed structure behind the v...