US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 3 for "Rotation mechanism and seat including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,056, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rotation mechanism and seat including the same" was invented by Mu Young Kim (Osan-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: "A seat for a vehicle can include a seat rest, a backrest rotatable with respect to the seat rest, and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the backrest with respect to the seat rest, wherein, by the rotation mechanism, the backrest is configured to be rotatable in a first direction within a preset angle ra...