ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,807, issued on March 31, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle battery case" was invented by Yu Ri Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), In Gook Son (Incheon, South Korea) and Seok Eun Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle battery case includes: a lower panel disposed on a bottom of a vehicle and configured to support a battery from below; a battery cross member disposed on the lower panel and extending in the width direction of the vehicle; and battery side members which are disposed on both sides of the lower panel in the longitudinal direction ...