ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,363, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fitness device mounted in vehicle seat" was invented by Baek Hee Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sang Ji Moon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Won Seok Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yo Seob Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Kang Yen Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fitness device mounted in a vehicle seat, the device configured to provide a passenger with various exercise effects during long distance traveling of an automotive vehicle and to relieve boredom and muscle fatigue caused by l...