ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,175, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for evaluating pressure sensation of vehicle seat" was invented by Baek Hee Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for evaluating pressure sensation of a vehicle seat in which body pressure sensors installed in a bolster of a seat cushion measure a body pressure are provided. The pressure sensation due to the bolster and a shield cover of the seat cushion is determined by analyzing the magnitudes of the measured body pressure and the distribution chart thereof. W...