ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,601, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Environment-friendly hot-melt composition for vehicle interior material" was invented by Jin Uk Hwang (Ulsan, South Korea), Seung Keon Woo (Yangsan-si, South Korea) and Jae Hong Woo (Yangsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an environment-friendly hot-melt composition for a vehicle interior material, the hot-melt composition including: 65 wt % to 85 wt % of an aromatic polyamide; 10 wt % to 30 wt % of an aliphatic polyamide; 1 wt % to 5 wt % of an olefinic elastomer graft-polymerized with male...