ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,173, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery assembly mounting structure for a vehicle" was invented by Gyung Hoon Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Wook Lee (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Gun Woo Ko (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery assembly mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a through pipe provided in a battery assembly such that a space vertically passing through the battery assembly is formed in an inner portion of the battery assembly, a swappable assembly coupled to an inner portion of the through pipe by an ...