ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,303, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Trim seam reinforcement" was invented by Qichao Wang (Shanghai), Chandrashekar Simha (Shanghai), Yong Yang (Shanghai), Jiajun Li (Shanghai), Jie Ni (Shanghai), Wenjuan Yang (Shanghai) and Haipeng Weng (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Trim covers with reinforcing assemblies for providing straight seams and smooth/symmetrical trim surfaces along one or more seams. For example, the trim covers may employ one or more wires arranged along or proximate the one or more seams such that the seams are straight and not wavy. In one or more embodiments, the trim cov...