US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Seoyon E-Hwa on July 21 for "Vehicle luggage armrest" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,308, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Seoyon E-Hwa Co. Ltd. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Vehicle luggage armrest" was invented by Jaeseung Lee (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Dowon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jun Tae Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle luggage armrest provided in a luggage trim of a vehicle includes an armrest portion on which an arm of a passenger is placed and which is configured to slide in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body to be inserted into or drawn out from the luggage trim."

The patent was filed on ...