ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,575, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle body rear structure" was invented by Jung-Deok Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seongwook Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body rear structure includes a cabin, a cross member, and a rear module mounting panel connected to the cabin, at least a portion thereof contacting with the cross member and the rear module mounting panel of which a mounting portion connected to a body rear element is formed thereto, and the cross member is disposed within the rear module mounting p...