US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 24 for "Rear lower member and vehicle front structure including the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,899, issued on June 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rear lower member and vehicle front structure including the same" was invented by Ji Woong Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a vehicle front structure includes a front pillar and a front side member positioned forward of the front pillar and extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. A side sill is connected to a lower end of the front pillar and a rear lower member connected to a rear portion of the front side member, a front portion of the side sill,...