ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,547, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle body for vehicle" was invented by Seok Ju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Ji Ae Yong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Won Oh Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Mok Yeon Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Sun Hyung Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chul Hee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ho Yeon Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle body includes a drive vehicle body module configured to accommodate a driving part of a vehicle and including a first plurality of frames coupled together and faste...