US Patent Issued to Hyundai Transys on Sept. 1 for "Brake device of recliner for vehicle seat" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,542, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Transys Inc. (Seosan-si, South Korea).

"Brake device of recliner for vehicle seat" was invented by Won Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jin Wook Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake device of a recliner for a vehicle seat includes: a housing having a through-hole through which a shaft of a seat recliner passes; a fixture provided in an accommodation space of the housing to be coupled to the shaft, having a protrusion portion formed on the outer side thereof, and configured to be prevented from rotating by engagement of the protrusion portion and the ke...