ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,031, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for manufacturing a panel for a vehicle" was invented by Yongshin Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Daero Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for manufacturing a panel for a vehicle configured to process a processing plate pre-processed by at least one mold into the panel of a predetermined shape by at least one another mold may include a lower die including a lower base mounted with at least one lower forming steel, an upper die provided vertically movable at a position...