ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,949, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAE WON SAN UP Co. LTD (Ansn-si, South Korea).

"Rear seat for vehicle" was invented by Jung Sang You (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Myung Hoe Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Woo Jeong (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Han Su Yoo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Eun Sue Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Jae Kwang Shin (Incheon, South Korea), Min Ki Jeon (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Hyuk Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment rear seat for a vehicle includes a center s...