ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,279, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LEAR Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Cushion assembly" was invented by David Hale (Southfield, Mich.), Wu Pan Zagorski (Clawson, Mich.), Samuel Blair (Troy, Mich.) and Joshua Hallock (Warren, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided with a unitary mesh of expanded thermoplastic resin strands with a cavity formed therein. A trim component or a support member is oriented at least partially within the cavity. A weld is formed at least partially along the mesh adjacent to the cavity to retain the trim component or the support member within the cavity."
The patent was filed on Dec. ...