US Patent Issued to Tesla on Aug. 11 for "Skin-foam architecture for seating" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,233, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Skin-foam architecture for seating" was invented by Forrest Wen Liau (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a skin-foam architecture for a seat. The method includes loading a backing cover into a first portion of the tool. The method includes applying and curing a skin on a second portion of the tool, the skin including a first layer, and a second layer under the first layer. The method includes laminating a mesh under the skin. The method includes attaching and curing a foam layer under the mesh and the skin. The method includes mati...