US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, DAS on Aug. 5 for "Walk-in seat locking device for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,761, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAS Co. LTD (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Walk-in seat locking device for vehicle" was invented by Deok Soo Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Do Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ho Suk Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Hark Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Chan Ho Jung (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Sang Soo Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Geon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung Heon Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment walk-in seat locking device for a vehicle includes a rear link inclu...