US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 11 for "Automatic pop-up device for vehicle legrest" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,634, issued on March 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Automatic pop-up device for vehicle legrest" was invented by Min Seok Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sang Do Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Tae Jun Kwon (Incheon, South Korea), Du Go Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chan Ho Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hyun Kyu Moon (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an automatic pop-up device for a vehicle legrest having the following effects. A seatback reclining mechanism, a tilting mechanism, and a legrest deployment mechanism are formed as ...