ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,912, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle panel assembly" was invented by Jin Young Mo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hyun Cheol Yun (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle panel assembly includes an inner panel configured to be coupled to a vehicle body that includes a plurality of pipes, the inner panel including a first coupling part fitted at an end thereof, and a reinforcing panel including a second coupling part coupled to the first coupling part and a fastening part extending toward a reinforcing pipe configured t...