ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,488, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (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), Sun Ho Song (Uiwang-si, South Korea), Jae Young Lim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sea Cheoul Song (Ansan-si, South Korea), Kang Chul Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Ou Park (Seongnam-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 ends of pillars of a v...