ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,025, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Vehicle seat with a headrest" was invented by Michael Leng (Geltendorf, Germany), Mathias Schmidt (Munich) and Tobias Trautwein (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat has a seat base element, a seat back and a headrest that has a headrest mount connected or connectable to the seat back. The headrest mount is connected to an inner headrest structure. At least one mechanical or electromechanical active element is located in the headrest. The active element is fastened to the headrest structure or to the headrest mount by way of at least one el...