ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,891, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAYOU EP Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).
"Bidirectionally openable console" was invented by Jung Hoon Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Hong Sik Chang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hye Kyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwan Woo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Jin Joung (Ulsan, South Korea), Kyoung Sik Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seol Wan Park (Seoul, South Korea), Nam Su Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hong Kil Noh (Asan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bidirectional...