ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,172, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Side reinforcement structure of vehicle" was invented by Byung-Jo Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea) and Seung-Gu Kim (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment side reinforcement structure includes a first bracket coupled to a side sill and a second bracket inserted into and connected to a first side of the first bracket and coupled to a chassis frame. An embodiment vehicle includes a vehicle body including a chassis frame, a center pillar, a side sill, and floor lower member connected to the...