ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,778, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle passenger protection system" was invented by Yun Jeong Hwang (Changwon-Si, South Korea), Joon Ho Lee (Gangnam-Gu, South Korea), Jun U Kim (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Ji Hyun Song (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Kim (Hanam-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle passenger protection system includes: a seat provided in an internal space of a vehicle; a mobile crash pad provided in the internal space of the vehicle to be movable toward the seat, wherein the mobile crash pad includes a first ai...