US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 5 for "Vehicle body rear structure" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,475, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle body rear structure" was invented by Chang Hak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Sang Kyoung Han (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment rear structure for a vehicle body includes a rear floor panel and a rear floor side member mounted on both sides of an upper portion of the rear floor panel along a length direction of the vehicle body and defining a side closed section together with the rear floor panel."

The p...