ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,108, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Hyo Seop Cha (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle body structure includes a floor panel, a front mounting member on an upper side of the floor panel, wherein the front mounting member protrudes and extends in a lateral direction of a vehicle body so as to fix a front lower side of a seat, and a partition member at a rear of the front mounting member, wherein the partition member protrudes and extends in the lateral direction of the vehicle body ...