ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,310, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Ecoplastic Corp. (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Lever device for sliding console" was invented by Dong Jin Park (Daegu, South Korea), Jong Heon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hae Ju Park (Gyeongju-si, South Korea), Cheon Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Byoung Wook Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jung Yoon Jang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Byung Yong Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a lever device for a sliding console provided in a sliding console slidable along a fixed rail pro...