US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 5 for "Get on and off guide device of seat for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,316, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Get on and off guide device of seat for vehicle" was invented by Mu Young Kim (Osan-si, South Korea), Suk Won Hong (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Hee Dong Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seok Ju Gim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment of a vehicle seat device for assistance in entering and exiting a vehicle, the vehicle seat device includes an integrated assistance device mounted on a seat swivel device and configured to perform a seat relaxation operation and a seat assistance operatio...