ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,943, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Front pillar structure" was invented by Yoonkyoung Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment front pillar structure includes a side outer reinforcement assembly, a first reinforcement member coupled to a front portion of the side outer reinforcement assembly to define a first guide passage through which a flexible part having a predetermined length and mounted to the front pillar structure is introduced, a second reinforcement member coupled to a rear portion of the side outer reinforcement...