US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 1 for "Plastic composite material panel and manufacturing method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,709, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Plastic composite material panel and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Minsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonghyun Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yoonkyoung Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment includes a method of manufacturing a plastic composite material panel. A gel type plastic composite material is loaded onto a fixed die having a first molding surface of a flat shape for molding a material filling portion and a second molding surface for molding an outer plate...