ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,963, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body" was invented by Seok Ju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Tae Gyu Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ho Yeon Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Sun Hyung Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chul Hee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ji Ae Yong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a vehicle body includes a floor member, a support member coupled to an upper surface of the floor member and a frame member coupled to an upper end of the support member to define a space between the floor member a...