ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,184, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hyundai Transys Inc. (Seosan-si, South Korea).
"In-vehicle operation button installation structure" was invented by Jonhoun Yoo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yun Seo Kang (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Semin Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yong Rak Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung Young Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yong Jun Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure for installing an operation button in a vehicle seat includes: a surface material covering the vehicle seat, wherein a button operation unit is formed on a portion of the surface material by deformi...