US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on March 11 for "Vehicle body having high voltage battery" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,589, issued on March 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle body having high voltage battery" was invented by Seung Won An (Seoul, South Korea), Young Jun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jong Jin Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body having a high voltage battery may include a load path formed by a reinforcing frame provided between a vehicle body frame and a battery frame and the battery frame may be installed on the vehicle body frame via the reinforcing frame, improving the robustness and collision rigidity of the battery frame....