ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,473, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), KBI DONGKOOK IND. Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Airbag chute-integrated crash pad assembly and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Jae-Hyun An (Seosan-si, South Korea), Min-Ha Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Chang-Hoon Yang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Young-Chan Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Neung-Han Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Dong-Hyuk Choi (Ulsan, South Korea), Dong-Il Son (Ulsan, South Korea), Chang-Woo Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and In-Han Jeong (Asan-si, South Korea).
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