ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,468, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Rear vehicle body connection structure" was invented by Seokju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Heedae Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joon Tak Park (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Won Ki Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment is a vehicle body including a vehicle body skeleton including a tail gate frame and a rear side member connected to a lower portion of the tail gate frame, a chassis frame including a longitudinal frame disposed in the length direction of the vehicle body, and a vehicle...