ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,005, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Vehicle seat with recliner bracket" was invented by Yuki Nagatani (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a lower arm fixed to a cushion frame, and a recliner coupled to a back frame and to the lower arm and configured to cause the back frame to pivot relative to the lower arm. The lower arm includes a recliner plate. The recliner plate includes an impact absorbing hole located in a position lower than a rotational center-axis of the recliner, a first bead extending from the impact absorbi...