US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 7 for "Occupant support structure with dynamically responsive support member" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,596, issued on July 7, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Occupant support structure with dynamically responsive support member" was invented by Edward Thaddeus Kuczynski (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Daniel W. Booth (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Bonita J. Thomas (Linden, Mich.) and Jill M. Green (Highland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant support structure of a vehicle defines an occupant support surface configured to contact and support an occupant of the vehicle and includes a dynamically responsive support member positioned adjacent the occupant support surface such that forces exerted on the occupa...