US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 8 for "Safety-enhanced center pillar structure for a vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,928, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Safety-enhanced center pillar structure for a vehicle" was invented by Kyung-Tae Kwak (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ji-Won Chang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety-enhanced center pillar structure for a vehicle includes: a reinforced outer portion provided on the inner side of a center pillar of the vehicle; a reinforced inner portion provided on the inner side of the vehicle in a manner that is spaced apart from the reinforced outer portion; and a connection member. The connection me...