ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,216, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Modular bumper back beam" was invented by Hong Heui Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chan Joo Moon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dong Eun Cha (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jin Young Yoon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a modular bumper back beam which secures crash performance, is changeable depending on the design of a mobility device through commonization of parts so as to easily cope with design and data required by the mobility device, and has a simple structure so as to be simplifie...