ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,038, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Do Hoi Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea), Jong Woo Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea), You Jin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Sup Byun (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jang Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly forming an A-pillar itself, a mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembl...