US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 29 for "Durability evaluation system and durability evaluation method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,498, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Durability evaluation system and durability evaluation method" was invented by Se Do Oh (Seoul, South Korea), You Jin Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Hyeok Oh (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A durability evaluation system includes a collector collecting first data for each of meshes forming a vehicle body of a target vehicle, and second data for each mesh forming a vehicle body of a virtual vehicle in which a material or a thickness of the target vehicle is adjusted and a controller deter...