ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,519, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MOTOR Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Floor module for vehicle" was invented by Jin Ho Hwang (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Sang heon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Eun Cha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Man Park (Busan, South Korea), Eun Gook Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea) and Hyoung Jun Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor module for a vehicle includes a plurality of tile portions configured to cover a vehicle floor of a vehicle and sequentially aligned by being coupled in a transverse direction, a plurality of fixing portions provide...