US Patent Issued to LEAR on May 5 for "Auto return headrest for seat assembly" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,324, issued on May 5, was assigned to LEAR Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Auto return headrest for seat assembly" was invented by Adarsha B. Madhu (Novi, Mich.), Dnyaneshwari Daphal (Pune, India), Digvijay Patil (Pune, India), Stephen Redwood (Flat Rock, Mich.), Gopal Kalburgi (Pune, India) and Prafullakumar Gavali (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly comprises a seat bottom and a seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom. The seat back is pivotal between a fold-forward position and an in-use position. A headrest is pivotally attached to the seat back by a tilt mechanism and is pivotal between a folded position an...