ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,374, issued on April 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai Transys Inc. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).
"Vehicle rear seat" was invented by Jung Sang You (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yong Chul Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Eun Sue Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Hoon Cho (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Han Kyung Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Sung Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hae Dong Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jun Sik Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Gwon Hwa Bok (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark O...