ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,065, issued on April 21, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Vehicular seat suspension system for belted seats" was invented by Olav Sadoo (San Jose, Calif.), Nishanth Bhat (Oakland, Calif.) and Collin Johnston (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicular seat suspension systems that do not include scissor mechanisms or pivot joints to improve lateral stability and substantially eliminate deflection during operation, testing and/or crashes. In particular, the seat suspension systems include an inner element that is able to slide within a static outer element, allowing the system to bear high loads while ensuri...