ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,070, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Roof body structure for vehicle" was invented by Chulhee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Youngrock Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Taegyu Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and HaeHoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle roof structure mountable on side structures respectively provided at both sides of a vehicle body along a vehicle width direction, the vehicle roof structure includes a ring re...