US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 1 for "Vehicle frame assembly" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,706, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle frame assembly" was invented by Seung Min Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Won Hae Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle frame assembly includes a plurality of vehicle body cross members disposed at a vehicle body floor of a vehicle and extending in a width direction of the vehicle, a vehicle body side sill disposed outside the vehicle in an outward direction of the vehicle body cross members, connected to the vehicle body cross members, and extending in a longitudinal ...