ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,773, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Seat device for vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Shogo Usui (Tokyo), Koji Hashimoto (Tokyo) and Masakazu Okada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat device for a vehicle and a control method thereof are provided. The seat device for the vehicle includes: an electric device for moving a seat of the vehicle; a pinch detection unit that detects a pinched obstacle by detecting a load change of the electric device when the seat moves; and a control unit that causes the electric device to perform a reverse operation when the pinch detection uni...