US Patent Issued to TACHI-S, Mie University on June 23 for "Seat for vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,036, issued on June 23, was assigned to TACHI-S Co. LTD. (Akishima, Japan) and Mie University (Tsu, Japan).

"Seat for vehicle" was invented by Masami Yoshida (Akishima, Japan), Takumi Yamakawa (Akishima, Japan), Soichiro Hayakawa (Tsu, Japan) and Ryojun Ikeura (Tsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a technique by which posture changing can be given to an occupant while the forward shift of his/her hip portion is prevented. A seat for vehicle includes a seat cushion, and a seat back coupled to the seat cushion, and the seat back includes a posture changing mechanism having a back face supporting mechanism. There ...