US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 8 for "Rear seat belt anchorage structure for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,417, issued on April 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rear seat belt anchorage structure for vehicle" was invented by Jinyoung Mo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Haehoon Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment rear seat belt anchorage structure for a vehicle includes a rear cross member including a front cross member upper panel at a rear side of a rear seat and extending in a width direction, a front cross member lower panel coupled to a lower portion of the front cross member upper panel, and a rear cross member panel coupling the front ...