US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 25 for "Dashboard panel vehicle-body structure with enhanced load path connectivity" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,514, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dashboard panel vehicle-body structure with enhanced load path connectivity" was invented by Seong Joon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyung Tae Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a dashboard panel vehicle-body structure with enhanced load path connectivity, the structure including a transverse member configured in such a manner that a first end portion thereof overlaps at least one portion of a front pillar of a vehicle and extends in a widthwise direction of the vehicle up to a dashboard ...