US Patent Issued to LEAR on June 23 for "Seat assembly, clip, and method of manufacture" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,030, issued on June 23, was assigned to LEAR Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Seat assembly, clip, and method of manufacture" was invented by Mark Karges (Macomb, Mich.), Michelle A. Brudzynsky (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Joshua Hallock (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip, a seat assembly, and a method of manufacture. The clip is disposed in a cushion. The cushion may comprise a filament mesh structure. The clip has at least one barb that secures the clip to the cushion and at least one retention feature that secures a trim cover to the clip."

The patent was filed on April 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/629,363.

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