US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 22 for "Battery unit for vehicle and underbody of vehicle including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,653, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery unit for vehicle and underbody of vehicle including the same" was invented by Sang Wan Kim (Busan, South Korea), Kyung Ho Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hyeon Su Jin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery unit for a vehicle is provided. The battery unit includes a lower case having two battery compartments arranged in a direction toward opposite sides of the vehicle, respectively, and a connecting portion bent to be convex upwardly between the two battery compartments. A reinforci...