ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,592, issued on June 17, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Glove box opening and closing apparatus and glove box assembly comprising the same" was invented by Ju Han Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Dong Nyung Jin (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a glove box opening and closing apparatus. The apparatus includes a knob rotatably coupled to a glove box and configured to be disposed at one of a first position and a second position, a rotator that rotates in conjunction with rotation of the knob, and rods that move in conjunction with the rotation of the rotator. The rotator in...