ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,009, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Front vehicle body structure" was invented by ChangHak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Chulhee Heo (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 front vehicle body structure of a vehicle body is provided. The vehicle body includes an underbody and an upper body coupled to the underbody, and the front vehicle body structure includes a pair of front wheel arch members respectively disposed on both sides of a front part...