ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,774, issued on March 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle side body structure" was invented by Ji Won Chang (Seoul, South Korea) and Daemyoung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle side body structure including: i) a side sill disposed along a front-rear direction of a vehicle body; and ii) a separate sill parting member coupled to a upper portion of the side sill. The sill parting member may include a protrusion portion extending upward from an upper surface of the side sill and along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body."...