US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 9 for "Apparatus for tilting seat cushion of rear seat of vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,395, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for tilting seat cushion of rear seat of vehicle" was invented by Suk Won Hong (Bucheon, South Korea), Jong Seok Han (Suwon, South Korea), Sang Hyeok Yun (Ulsan, South Korea), Gil Ju Kim (Hwaseong, South Korea), Sang Man Seo (Hwaseong, South Korea), Bo Youn Seo (Hwaseong, South Korea) and Ji Sung Bae (Geongnam, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for tilting a seat cushion of a rear seat of a vehicle includes: a fixing member connected to a vehicle body and being shaft-rotated while a locatio...