US Patent Issued to Magna Seating on Feb. 24 for "Process for molding cover materials for seating applications" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,008, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Magna Seating Inc. (Aurora, Canada).

"Process for molding cover materials for seating applications" was invented by Eric Kozlowski (Oakland Township, Mich.), Craig Prasatek (Rochester, Mich.) and Andrew M. Vivian (Fayette, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat trim cover for an automotive seat is formed into a 3-dimensional shape by compression molding a laminated moldable foam in a 3-dimensional. The laminated moldable foam comprises at least a layer of cellular polyurethane foam compression moldable in a temperature range of about 220deg F. to about 260deg F. The 3-dimensional mold is he...