ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,639, issued on March 31, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body frame" was invented by Ki Hyun Choi (Yongin-Si, South Korea), Ji Hyun Song (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Hyung Sik Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Sun In You (Yesan-Eup, South Korea), Sang Heon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Ho Hwang (Cheonan-Si, South Korea), Dong Eun Cha (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Won Chan Lee (Suwon-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body frame includes a lower frame fixed to a floor of a vehicle to define a lower region of an internal space in the vehicle, a roof frame ...