ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,067, issued on April 21, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Vehicle seat back frame" was invented by Kimiyasu Kurokawa (Nakatsugawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a back frame applied to a seatback, a first flange of a first reinforcing member is joined to a panel member at either or both of a portion on at least either of sides across a diagonal center line of the panel member and a portion crossing the diagonal center line, and second flanges of the first reinforcing member are joined to the panel member at respective portions on one side and the other side across the diagonal center line. A part of a s...