ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,408, issued on May 20, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle front bumper system" was invented by Tae Ou Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Byeong Do An (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front bumper system of a vehicle includes a bumper beam disposed on a front end of the vehicle, and the bumper beam has a plurality of openings which are open toward a cooling module disposed within a front compartment of the vehicle. The bumper beam has a plurality of ribs by which the plurality of openings are defined, and each rib has a streamlined cross-section wh...