US Patent Issued to Lear on Nov. 3 for "Vehicle seat armrest" (American, Chinese, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,067, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Vehicle seat armrest" was invented by Lea Thomas Smith (Severna Park, Md.), Zhengda Mao (Yang Pu, China), Thomas Loyal Sundberg Jr. (Commerce Township, Mich.), Liting Shen (Pudong New Area, China), Jochen Kohlhofer (Altfraunhofen, Germany), Jasmine Pizana (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Mark Steven Sparschu (Birmingham, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armrest employed with a vehicle seat assembly that includes a storage compartment in the armrest that is accessible by moving a storage cover relative to the armrest."

The patent was filed on Nov. 4, 2022, unde...