ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,944, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KOLON SPACEWORKS Co. LTD. (Gyeongsangnam-Do, South Korea).
"Vehicle roof assembly and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Kyung Min Yu (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Won Kim (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Chang Hun Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Min Jun Kim (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Young Ju Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyun Chul Lee (Siheung-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment roof assembly for a vehicle includes a roof panel including a core, an upper skin attached to a top surface of the co...