ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,952, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body joint structure" was invented by Won Ki Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment joint structure for a vehicle body is provided. The vehicle body includes an underbody and an upper body coupled to the underbody, and the joint structure includes a front bulkhead coupled to an inside of each side sill of a pair of side sills provided on both sides of the upper body, respectively, a rear bulkhead coupled to the inside of each side sill of the pair of side sills on a rear side...