US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Oct. 7 for "Console box for a vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,636, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Console box for a vehicle" was invented by Shin Gyu Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Keun Chul Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jae Yong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A console box for a vehicle includes a main body having a first accommodation space accessible through a first opening and a second accommodation space accessible through a second opening; a cover mounted on the main body and opening and closing the first opening; a detachable tray mounted on or detached from the first accommodatio...