US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 1 for "Rear vehicle body structure" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,318, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rear vehicle body structure" was invented by HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jungho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Chulhee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment rear vehicle body structure includes a rear vehicle body assembly and a rear end module connected to the rear vehicle body assembly in a length direction of a vehicle body. An embodiment rear vehicle body assembly includes a roof rail, quarter ...