ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,023, issued on June 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC. (Seosan-si, South Korea).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Jung Bin Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ho Sung Kang (Yangsan-si, South Korea), Gwon Hwa Bok (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seong Il Lim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a vehicular seat including a recliner installed to adjust an inclination angle of a back frame, a first walk-in lever installed to release the recliner by being rotated with an operational force for walk-in from an initial position to an operating position, a folding lever insta...