ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,242, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Real wood crash pad and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Ik Keun Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a real wood crash pad that includes a real wood sheet including a wood layer, a mesh layer laminated under the wood layer, the mesh layer being configured to provide reinforcement, and an elastic layer laminated under the mesh layer, the elastic layer being configured to provide elasticity, a filament cross pad provided in an area of a vehicle desk where a real wood layer is to be applied, the filam...