ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,490, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), 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), 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 all pillars of a vehicle body along a front and rear direction of the vehicle body and forming an A-pillar itself; a plurality of brackets for fixing the roof side assemb...