US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 30 for "Coupling structure of rear end module and tailgate striker" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,069, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Coupling structure of rear end module and tailgate striker" was invented by Hae-Hoon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Tae-Gyu Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Young-Rock Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jung-Ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hee-Suk Chung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a coupling structure of a rear end module and a tailgate striker. The coupling structure includes a rear end module formed by injection and coupled to a circumference of a rear opening of a vehicl...