ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,544, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Floor structure for electric vehicle" was invented by Byeongdo An (Anyang-si, South Korea), Mun Soo Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Heedae Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment floor structure for an electric vehicle includes a floor panel connected to a pair of side sills respectively disposed along a front-to-back direction of a vehicle body on a left side and a right side of the vehicle body, each of the side sills including a sill inner member and a sill outer member connected to...