ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,393, issued on June 9, was assigned to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).
"Vehicle seat slide" was invented by Fabrice Petit (Saint Georges des Groseillers, France) and Guillaume Petot (La Ferriere Aux Etangs, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a motor vehicle seat slide (1) comprising an upper, movable male profile (2) and a lower female profile (3), comprising a base wall (30), and a position sensor (4) attached to the male profile (2) and housed at least partially in an internal space (EI) delimited between the male profile (2) and the female profile (3), which position sensor is co...