US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on April 21 for "Vehicle seating system having inductive powered cover" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,066, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle seating system having inductive powered cover" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), William James Mangan (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Ryan Welch (Ottawa Lake, Mich.) and Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seating system for a vehicle includes a seat component, a seat cover configured to cover at least a portion of the seat component, a connector for connecting the seat cover to the seat component, and an inductive transmitter coil provided on the seat component. The seating system for a vehicl...