ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,363, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle rear-seat position adjustment apparatus" was invented by Deok Soo Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sang Do Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sang Soo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jun Hwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hoon Keum (Busan, South Korea), Chan Ho Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sang Hark Lee (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a vehicle rear-seat position adjustment apparatus including a pair of support frames mounted on a floor panel in such a manner as to be spaced...