US Patent Issued to POSCO on Oct. 6 for "Side sill for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,852, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Side sill for vehicle" was invented by Gyu-Min Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Gi-Suk Chung (Incheon, South Korea) and Kyung-Hwan Chung (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a side sill for a vehicle, wherein the side sill is capable of absorbing an impact during lateral collision of the vehicle to maximally suppress the degree to which the side sill enters the interior, and protecting vehicle occupants and batteries. The side sill for a vehicle comprises: a side sill inner panel; a side sill outer panel coupled...