US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 1 for "Roof structure for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,712, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Roof structure for vehicle" was invented by Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Youngrock Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Kyoung Han (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Kwangok Han (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment roof structure for a vehicle includes a plurality of roof rail assemblies disposed along a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body and connected to a pair of side structures that are disposed on ea...