ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,343, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Coburg (Germany).

"Vehicle seat longitudinal adjustment assembly" was invented by Dhiraj Kharche (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Ronald Kujawa (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Leo Ioppolo (Washington, Mich.) and Sean Sabo (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A release assembly for use in a vehicle seat including a pair of rail assemblies provided with a fixed rail, a translatable rail, and a locking device. The locking device configured to selectively lock the translatable rail to the fixed rail and unlock the translatable rail from the fixed rail. The release...