ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,798, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle cockpit module" was invented by Ik Keun Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle cockpit module assembled to a front area of the interior of a vehicle, the vehicle cockpit module including a main module composed of a driver module corresponding to a driver seat and a center module disposed at a center of the vehicle, and comprising vehicle control parts, driver seat convenience parts, and driver seat safety parts, and a side module configured to be assembled to or separated from a side of the main module correspond...