ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. RE50,798, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAECHANG SEAT CO., LTD-DONGTAN (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Reclining device for seat" was invented by Suk Won Hong (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Jong Seok Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jun Yong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Do Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Man Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sung Hak Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myung Soo Lee (Osan-si, South Korea), In Chang Hwang (Ulsan, South Korea) and Kyoung Min Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a reclin...