ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,066, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Armrest structure of vehicle" was invented by Surendra Reddy Duddukunta (Pendlimarri Mandal, India), Karthik Hari Vamshi Uppalapati (Turkayamjal, India), Chang Gyun Seo (Yongin-Si, South Korea) and Jongseok Han (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armrest structure provided to support an arm of a passenger and place articles inside a vehicle includes a support portion provided between backrest portions of a vehicle seat and provided to rotate in a height direction of the vehicle between the backrest po...