ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,354, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), Mobase Electronics Co. ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hyundai Transys Inc. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Armrest lighting control device for vehicle" was invented by Ji-Hwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Tae-Hoon Lee (Suwon, South Korea), Byeong-Seon Son (Seoul, South Korea), Seon-Chae Na (Yongin, South Korea), Sang-Ho Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Sang-Hoon Park (Incheon, South Korea), Seong-Youn Jo (Seoul, South Korea) and Yeong-Gil So (Anyang, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an armrest light...