ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,238, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle rear body structure" was invented by Yong Dok An (Anyang-si, South Korea), Seongwook Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Byeongdo An (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle rear body structure includes a partition panel coupled to a boundary point of a vehicle body intermediate portion and a vehicle body rear portion, a first mount assembly connected to the partition panel and configured to support a hydrogen tank, and a second mount assembly connected to a rear cross member p...