ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,018, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC. (Seosan-si, South Korea).
"Vehicle foldable seat" was invented by Jae Hoon Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Won Young Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae Won Jo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hae Dong Kwak (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Han Kyung Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle foldable seat includes a seatback unit fixed to a vehicle body and coupled to a headrest and a seat cushion unit rotatably connected to the seatback unit. The seat cushion unit is fixed by elastic force in a stowing position, is selectively switched to a seating po...