ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,010, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Sensor-equipped seat" was invented by Koichi Hasegawa (Aichi, Japan), Hirokazu Yamamoto (Aichi, Japan) and Masaru Murayama (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor-equipped seat includes: a sensor device, disposed between a seat frame and an opposite pressure receiving surface of a seat cushion; and an elastic support member, interposed between the seat frame and the sensor device and elastically supporting the sensor device. The sensor device includes: a sensor body, having a detection surface; and a housing, accommodating the sensor body, i...