ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,094, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KBI Dongkook Ind. Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Center console device for vehicles" was invented by Cheon Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hong Sik Chang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Won Young Bae (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Yoon Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Jung Hoon Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong il Son (Ulsan, South Korea), Chang Bok Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Yong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoo Wook Jeon (Asan-si, South Korea) and Jong Hyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...