US Patent Issued to Safran Seats on May 19 for "Method for detecting wear of seat cushion and detection device therefor" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,057, issued on May 19, was assigned to Safran Seats (Plaisir, France).

"Method for detecting wear of seat cushion and detection device therefor" was invented by Jean-Marc Obadia (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Lisandre Marcovici-Soulage (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for detecting the wear of a cushion of a seat or a backrest of a seat, comprising determining the state of wear of the cushion according to a predetermined minimum threshold value of the thickness of the cushion below which the cushion is considered to be worn."

The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 2021, under Application No. 18/2...