US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on April 21 for "Methods, systems, and devices for automated ingress and egress for passengers of a vehicle" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,059, issued on April 21, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Methods, systems, and devices for automated ingress and egress for passengers of a vehicle" was invented by Katsumi Nagata (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for an automated ingress and egress system. The system may include a rear back door of a vehicle. The system may further include a seat and a frame coupled to the seat and a floor of the vehicle. The frame may move the seat from inside a cabin of the vehicle to outside the cabin throu...