US Patent Issued to POSCO on Sept. 1 for "Vehicle body" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,710, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Vehicle body" was invented by Hong-Woo Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Jaehyun Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Dong-Yoon Seok (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body may include: a side sill extending in the lengthwise direction of a vehicle; and a cross member extending in the widthwise direction of the vehicle and coupled at an end thereof to the side sill, wherein: the side sill comprises an inner panel, an outer panel coupled to the inner panel, an outer panel coupled to the inner panel, and a reinforcement member disposed betwee...