ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,889, issued on May 13, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery rear undercover assembly for an eco-friendly vehicle" was invented by Kang-Hyuck Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byung-Ok Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seung-Tae Song (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery rear undercover assembly for an eco-friendly vehicle enables the bottom of a vehicle to be flattened while covering a lower portion of the rear of a high-voltage battery in an eco-friendly vehicle. The battery rear undercover assembly includes a body having a front end that can be ...