ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,157, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Rear vehicle body structure" was invented by Yong Dok An (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jong Gwan Yun (Busan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear vehicle body structure is disclosed. The rear vehicle body structure according to an embodiment of the present invention disclosed includes rear side members respectively disposed along a vehicle body front-rear direction on both sides of a vehicle body rear portion, and each of the rear side members may include a plurality of suspension mounting parts formed t...