ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,548, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan) and TOYOTSU VEHITECS Co. LTD. (Mie-Ken, Japan).
"Back surface member for seat pad and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Shota Matsushita (Toyota, Japan), Ryo Iwasawa (Kanagawa-ken, Japan), Futoshi Takahashi (Kanagawa-ken, Japan) and Masaya Kadota (Mie-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A back surface member placed on the back surface of a seat pad, which is a seat's cushioning material. The back surface member is formed into a three-dimensional shape by covering a plurality of pieces on a mold having a three-dimensional shape corres...