US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, Toyota Jidosha on May 5 for "Seat belt buckle assemblies for use with a seat belt of a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,368, issued on May 5, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Seat belt buckle assemblies for use with a seat belt of a vehicle" was invented by Tiffany M. Sontag (Milan, Mich.), Ryan M. Mahn (Lambertville, Mich.), Mark D. Clauser (Saline, Mich.), Juliana M. Said (Chelsea, Mich.) and Yi-Ru C. Sosnowski (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat belt buckle assembly for use with a seat belt of a vehicle includes a bracket having a first portion configured to be fixed to a chassis of the vehicle and a second portion extending from th...