US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Oct. 14 for "Roof structure of vehicle and assembly method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,409, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Roof structure of vehicle and assembly method thereof" was invented by Chan Woong Jeon (Incheon, South Korea), Youngrock Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), HaeHoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Hak Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Kyoung Han (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Kwangok Han (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment roof structure of a vehicle is provided. The roof structure is coupled to side structures disposed along a vehicle width direction and is configured to mount a roof module...