ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,065, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Cushion body for vehicle seat" was invented by Shogo Takeuchi (Toyota, Japan), Teruyuki Hadatsuki (Miyoshi, Japan), Yorihisa Inagaki (Obu, Japan) and Mayu Takahashi (Toyohashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushion body for vehicle seat which is placed on variety of battery cases attached on a floor, wherein the cushion body has an upper surface and a lower surface and when a shape of an upper surface of the battery cases attached on the floor are superimposed on each other, the lower surface of the cushion body has a shape that does not interfere...