ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,856, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Towing pipe connection structure" was invented by Hyunsik Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Ildo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a towing pipe connection structure includes a vehicle body rear member including an aluminum material, a towing pipe at least partially including an aluminum material and a connection bracket including a bumper back beam plate in contact with a back panel of a vehicle body and including an insertion hole into which the towing pipe is inserted, an engage pl...