ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,295, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Jinichi Tanabe (Tochigi, Japan) and Akira Miyoshi (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat provided in a vehicle includes: a seat body including a seat cushion and a seatback; an occupant support device displaceably provided on the seat body to press an occupant seated on the seat body; a notification device provided on the seat body to make notification to the occupant; an information acquisition device that acquires information including at least one of a surrounding environment of the vehicle and a driving s...