ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,220, issued on June 3, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Keita Wakesu (Tochigi, Japan), Toru Amino (Tochigi, Japan), Katsuya Isomura (Tochigi, Japan), Kenji Matsuoka (Tochigi, Japan), Kenta Ebara (Tochigi, Japan), Eiichi Kishimoto (Tokyo), Masaaki Yamaguchi (Tokyo), Yasuhiro Tsuji (Tokyo), Kohei Fukuoka (Tokyo) and Hikaru Arai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat comprises an outer frame of a seatback frame for forming a framework of a seatback, a frame bracket coupled to one side of the outer frame, a module bracket fastened to the frame ...