US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 25 for "Unitary structural component for vehicle floor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,073, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Unitary structural component for vehicle floor" was invented by Tae Soo Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment unitary structural component for attaching to a floor of a vehicle, the unitary structural component including a first cross portion, a second cross portion spaced apart from the first cross portion, and a central extension connecting the first cross portion and the second cross portion and extending along a central longitudinal axis of the floor, wherein the first cross portion...