US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, and, Kia, and, Hyundai Mobis on Sept. 8 for "Crash pad" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,811, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. and (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corporation, and (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Crash pad" was invented by Gye Young Ahn (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ik Keun Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Da Som Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crash pad of a vehicle includes at least one tray including at least one groove on a lateral surface and a multi-purpose box detachably mounted to at least one tray. The multi-purpose box includes a handle, a motion switch device that switches a rotational motion of the handle to a li...