ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,807, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Body for vehicle and battery reinforcement structure" was invented by Seung Min Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body for a vehicle configured for securing safety performance and vehicle rigidity according to a vehicle collision while increasing a battery capacity mounted in the vehicle, may include an internal side member mounted on a center floor in a longitudinal direction of the body; a battery cross member mounted in a width direction of the body inside a battery case provided at a l...