US Patent Issued to TOYOTA BOSHOKU on Sept. 1 for "Seat back" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,590, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Seat back" was invented by Masahiko Iyoda (Nagakute, Japan), Hiroshi Maki (Nissin, Japan), Yuji Nakano (Nissin, Japan) and Takeshi Ushiyama (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat back has a frame and a cushion member, which includes a main member at a center and a pair of side members. Each side member has a side pad, a side cover, and a side support member. An airbag device is installed inside one of the side member, which features a folded portion with U-shaped cross-section to accommodate the airbag. The support member has a deforming po...