ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,243, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Hyo Seop Cha (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment is a vehicle body structure including a floor panel, rear side members respectively coupled to lower sides of two opposite ends of the floor panel and elongated extending in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle, a partition member mounted and extending in a transverse direction of the lengthwise direction of the vehicle, the partition member and protruding upward from the floor panel, the partition member h...