ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,128, issued on March 3, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Yuichiro Hoshi (Tochigi, Japan), Kazuki Kobayashi (Tochigi, Japan) and Tomohisa Tanaka (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a pair of cushion side frames; a duct extending from the seat cushion along a rear side of a cushion frame toward the seat back and connecting an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover at least pa...