ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,348, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (South, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (South, South Korea).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Jun Young Park (Gunpo-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a vehicle body structure includes a front pillar tube positioned inside of each of a pair of front pillars in a vehicle and a center pillar tube positioned inside of each of pair of center pillars of the vehicle, wherein the front pillar tube and the center pillar tube cross each other."
The patent was filed on Nov. 28, 2022, under Application No. 18/059,262.
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