US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Oct. 21 for "Test dummy and method of verifying a passenger detection system using the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,029, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Test dummy and method of verifying a passenger detection system using the same" was invented by Seung Kyu Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a test dummy including: a dummy body, a reservoir fixed to the dummy body and having an internal space for storing a fluid, a tube unit having a flow path through which the fluid stored in the reservoir circulates, and a heating unit configured to heat the fluid."

The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2022, under Application No. 18/079,571. ...