ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,799, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAS Co. LTD (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

"Power swivel apparatus of seat for vehicle" was invented by Ji Hwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Yong Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), So Young Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sang Uk Yu (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Ho Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Dong Woo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Ho Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Young Joon Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Ho Jin Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power swivel apparatus of a seat for a vehi...