ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,002, issued on March 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Touch switch structure" was invented by Seong Hyeon Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Sang You (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ju Hyun Cha (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Hyun Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea), Seon Chae Na (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Ho Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Byung Yong Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyeok Lee (Siheung-si, South Korea), Seong Kwon Go (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Chong Hwan Jeon (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover type touch switch structure includes: a s...