ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,229, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle battery assembly mounting structure" was invented by Hyeon Su Jin (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Gyung Hoon Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Gun Woo Ko (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle battery assembly mounting structure includes: a mounting bushing provided in a battery assembly to form a space, the space allowing movement in a vertical direction; a fastening bolt disposed to vertically penetrate the space formed by the mounting bushing; and a sleeve assembly. The sleeve assembly ...