Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Dayou Ep Co., Ltd.

Hong Kil Noh

Dae Hee Lee

Hye Kyung Kim

Jung Hoon Woo

Kwan Woo Lee

Sung Sik Choi

Hong Sik Chang

Kyoung Sik Kim

Sang Jin Joung

Seol Wan Park

Nam Su Park

A bidirectionally openable console includes side lid portions, a center lid portion positioned between the side lid portions, a first button unit positioned at a front end of the center lid portion, a second button unit positioned at a rear end of the center lid portion, and rotary units configured to be respectively rotated by movement of the first and second button units. The console further includes: fastening units, each of which is constructed such that, when an opening request input is applied to a corresponding button unit, a corresponding rotary unit is rotated to retract a central shaft portion into the center lid portion; hinge units, each of which is rotated together with the center lid portion when the center lid portion is opened, and locking units, each of which restricts movement of the fastening unit when the center lid portion is closed.

Bidirectionally openable console

An air vent assembly may include a housing to allow air to pass therethrough, a slit assembly disposed inside the housing and controlling a flow direction of the air, and a knob movably connected to the slit assembly to move the slit assembly, wherein the slit assembly includes an upper inlet plate connected to the housing, the upper inlet plate movable along the internal surface of the housing, a lower inlet plate forming an inlet slit from the upper inlet plate and disposed inside the housing, the lower inlet plate connected to the housing and movable along the internal surface of the housing, and an outlet plate, wherein a side of the outlet plate is pivotally coupled to the upper inlet plate and the lower inlet plate to be movable with the upper inlet plate and the lower inlet plate and the other side is pivotally coupled in the housing.

Air vent assembly

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Asan-si, South Korea

Hong Kil Noh