US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 29 for "End module for vehicle and lower body including same for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,102, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"End module for vehicle and lower body including same for vehicle" was invented by Ji Ae Yong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seok Ju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Tae Gyu Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ho Yeon Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Sun Hyung Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chul Hee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Won Oh Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment end module of a vehicle includes longitudinal members spaced apart in a width direction, each having a pipe shape extending in ...