US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Seoyon E-Hwa on Feb. 3 for "Rotatable armrest and console assembly provided with the same" (South Korean, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,798, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Seoyon E-Hwa Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Rotatable armrest and console assembly provided with the same" was invented by Cheng Kun Li (Yantai, China), Chun Lei Sang (Yantai, China), Won Young Bae (Seoul, South Korea), Bong Ju Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jae Min Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a rotatable armrest and a console assembly provided with the rotatable armrest. The rotatable armrest includes a case, a knob system, and a hinge system, in which the knob sys...