US Patent Issued to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile on Feb. 17 for "Motorized drive device for raising a vehicle seat" (Chinese, Polish, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,293, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).

"Motorized drive device for raising a vehicle seat" was invented by Emil Rdzanek (Piaseczno, Poland), Nicolas Navatte (Conde sur Noireau, France) and Niles Liang (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized drive device for a vehicle seat having a squab in particular with raising, the device comprising an actuator and an actuator housing containing a reduction gear, an output member, mounted to rotate about an axis, the output member comprising a peripheral rim, a friction ring mounted around the output member and rotationally integral...