US Patent Issued to Adient (Chongqing) Automotive Components on Nov. 3 for "Zero-gravity automotive seat with linkage-adjusted seat belt" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,048, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Adient (Chongqing) Automotive Components Co. Ltd. (Huangmaoping, China).

"Zero-gravity automotive seat with linkage-adjusted seat belt" was invented by Zhiyong Chen (Chongqing, China), Ming Zhang (Chongqing, China), Ying Guan (Chongqing, China), Yawei Liu (Chongqing, China) and Zhangneng Shi (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zero-gravity automotive seat with linkage-adjusted seat belt, may have a base, a frame, and a drive assembly for driving a front end of the frame to move up and down in a lifting fashion and a linkage assembly. A socket component for fixing the seat belt is m...