ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,266, issued on May 6, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle lower body" was invented by Ji Ae Yong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seok Ju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyung Gyu Park (Anyang-si, South Korea), Ho Yeon Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Sun Hyung Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chul Hee Heo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Won Oh Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle lower body includes a front lower body and a rear lower body spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, each including multiple pipes and having wheels ...