ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,826, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KBI DONGKOOK IND. Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Slidable console box" was invented by Dong Il Son (Ulsan, South Korea), Dong Yong Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chang Bok Park (Ulsan, South Korea), Sun Kyung Kim (Ulsan, South Korea), Jung-hoon Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hong-sik Chang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kwan-woo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeong-won Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slidable console box includes a rail frame fixedly coupled between a driver seat and a passen...