ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,157, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Lifter for vehicle seat bottom" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.) and S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly including a seat bottom including a seat frame and a seat cushion supported by the seat frame. The seat frame includes a first side portion and a second side portion spaced cross-seat from each other and the seat frame includes a seat pan extending from the first side portion to the second side portion. The seat assembly includes a cross-membe...