US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, DAS on Feb. 17 for "Manual seatback folding apparatus of electric seat for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,298, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAS Co. LTD (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Manual seatback folding apparatus of electric seat for vehicle" was invented by Deok Soo Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Do Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Soo Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chan Ho Jung (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Sang Hark Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Song Min Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung Heon Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment manual seatback folding apparatus of an electric seat for a vehicle includes a ...