ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,228, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electric vehicle structure" was invented by Dae Woo Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jung Taek Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Eun Ryu (Seoul, South Korea), Byong Cheol Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeong Seung Ham (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Dong Hwan Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle structure includes a drive system, a front lateral member and a rear upper lateral member. The front and rear lateral members are elongated in a lateral direction of a vehicle and spaced apa...