ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,997, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System and method for adjusting pressing feeling by seat belt" was invented by Baek Hee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kang Yen Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Soong Un Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sang Ji Moon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Won Seok Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a system and a method for adjusting seat belt pressure, in which while a passenger in a vehicle is wearing a seat belt, a webbing shape and pressure applied to a passenger's body by webbing can be detected, and webbin...