US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 12 for "Side sill reinforcement structure of vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,465, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (South, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Side sill reinforcement structure of vehicle" was invented by Won Jung Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment is a side sill reinforcement structure of a vehicle, the structure including a side sill inner panel divided into a plurality of parts and having a first stiffener inserted into each of the plurality of parts, and a side sill outer panel coupled to the side sill inner panel facing a dividing line of the side sill inner panel to constitute a side sill, having fixed therein a reinfor...