ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,807, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC. (Seosan-si, South Korea).
"Vehicle headrest device" was invented by Tae Hee Won (Uiwang-si, South Korea), Jun Ho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hae Il Jeong (Incheon, South Korea) and Hyun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle headrest device includes a headrest including a pad portion configured to contact and support a sitting passenger's head and a cover portion positioned behind the pad portion, the pad portion being configured to move diagonally, a m...