US Patent Issued to Hyundai Transys on Dec. 2 for "Recliner for vehicle seat" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,802, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Transys Inc. (Seosan-si, South Korea).

"Recliner for vehicle seat" was invented by Sungchul Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Donghyeon Son (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recliner for a vehicle seat includes a first gear having a collar part at a center thereof, a second gear being internally in contact with the first gear and configured to eccentrically engage with the first gear, a socket including a first coupling portion having an outer diameter portion coupled to be in contact with an inner diameter portion of the collar part, and a second coupling portio...