US Patent Issued to MIGA Technologies, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America on Sept. 22 for "Active vehicle seat with spring-supported morphing portions" (Michigan, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,572, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MIGA Technologies LLC (Silverton, Ore.) and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Active vehicle seat with spring-supported morphing portions" was invented by Shardul Singh Panwar (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Umesh N. Gandhi (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ryohei Tsuruta (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Mark A. Gummin (Silverton, Ore.), Eric D. Smith (Northville, Mich.) and Mark E. Smith (Fenton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes a first hinge assembly and a second hinge assembly. The actuator has a first dimension and...