US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, NIFCO KOREA on April 29 for "Console apparatus for vehicles" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,819, issued on April 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and NIFCO KOREA INC. (Asan-si, South Korea).

"Console apparatus for vehicles" was invented by Min Woo Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Hoon Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwan Woo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Ku Hur (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Byung Gi Cho (Asan-si, South Korea) and Yang Mook Lim (Asan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A console apparatus for vehicles, includes a locking unit is additionally provided on a console box in a structure in which a console armrest is open and closed by the frict...