ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,133, issued on July 1, was assigned to DAS Co. LTD. (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Power swivel device of seat for vehicle" was invented by Tae Youn Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a power swivel device for a vehicle seat where a brake unit is installed between a fixed plate mounted to a seat rail and a rotating plate mounted to a seat. The brake unit delivers rotational force of the motor to the rotating plate when the motor is operated and constrains a flow in a rotational direction of the rotating plate when the motor is stopped. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a flow...