ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,874, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC. (Seosan-si, South Korea).
"Electric seatback-folding device for emergency escape" was invented by Sang Min Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jung Bin Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Byung Mo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jun Kyu Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jae Sung Lee (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric seatback-folding device for emergency escape enables a controller to accurately recognize whether a seatback (or a seatback frame) is in a locked state or an unlocked state using a microswitch. Folding of the seatback for emergency esc...