ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,970, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Compnay (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Panel assembly for mobility vehicle" was invented by Kang Chul Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sun Hyung Cho (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Ju Chul Kim (Ulsan, South Korea) and Do Hoi Kim (Sejong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel assembly for a mobility vehicle is introduced, in which when the external plate is joined to the vehicle body frame, a bent portion is accommodated on and joined to the vehicle body frame, and a fixed state is maintained by a fastening method or a fitting method when the external pla...