ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,161, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Underbody for vehicle" was invented by Tae Ou Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Dong Ha Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Cheol Ung Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sea Cheoul Song (Ansan-si, South Korea), Do Hoi Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea) and Dae Ho Lee (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosure is an underbody for a vehicle. The underbody includes side members formed long at opposite lateral portions of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and hollow cross members formed long in ...