US Patent Issued to Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile on July 14 for "Seat support element comprising a ventilation device for a bearing surface" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,260, issued on July 14, was assigned to Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).

"Seat support element comprising a ventilation device for a bearing surface" was invented by Jean-Marie Mauffrey (Champagney, France), Didier Duriez (Le Plessis-Pate, France) and Solenne Dumont (Puteaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat support element having a frame and a padding mounted on the frame, extending between an internal surface, near the frame on an external side of the frame, and an external surface, opposite the internal surface and defining a bearing surface for an occupant of the seat. The support element includes a ve...