US Patent Issued to TS TECH on Sept. 8 for "Seat frame" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,778, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Seat frame" was invented by Hiroshi Baba (Tochigi, Japan), Yuki Hosokawa (Tochigi, Japan) and Takaya Kurisu (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To reduce the weight of a cross member bridged between right and left sides of a seat frame. A seat frame includes an upper frame forming an upper portion of a seat back frame, and a cross member bridged at the upper frame. The cross member includes right and left end portions in a seat width direction, the right and left end portions being fixed to the upper frame; and a first recessed portion that is rece...