US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Sept. 1 for "Vehicle seat for a motor vehicle comprising a deformation device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,546, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Vehicle seat for a motor vehicle comprising a deformation device" was invented by Stefan Horion (Apfeldorf, Germany) and Michael Leng (Geltendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle has a backrest which is mounted, so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, on a fitting that is located on the associated seat side and is connected to a seat side part of a seat part, the seat side part being located on the seat side, via a deformation device. The deformation device has a bolt that is accommodated in a deformation element...