ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,433, issued on July 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle sliding console" was invented by Gye Young Ahn (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyoung Sik Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment sliding console of a vehicle includes a rail, a console body connected to the rail and configured to slide on the vehicle floor, a first duct disposed in the console body and configured to slide with respect to the console body, the first duct having a first hook configured to selectively fix a position when an inlet of the first duct is matched with an outlet...