US Patent Issued to Hyundai Mobis on April 1 for "Press apparatus for vehicle crash pads comprising real wood sheets and method of manufacturing vehicle crash pads using the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,613, issued on April 1, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Press apparatus for vehicle crash pads comprising real wood sheets and method of manufacturing vehicle crash pads using the same" was invented by Ik Keun Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press apparatus for vehicle crash pads comprising real wood sheets includes an upper press having a preforming cavity on one side thereof and a bonding cavity on another side thereof, a lower press to perform a preforming process through compression to the preforming cavity, and to perform compression to the bonding cavity by rotating du...