US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Aug. 11 for "Systems and methods for adjusting a seat pan for a ride vehicle seat" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,284, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for adjusting a seat pan for a ride vehicle seat" was invented by David Gerard Majdali (Orlando, Fla.) and Steven C. Blum (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ride vehicle system includes a seat configured to support a passenger in a ride vehicle. The seat includes a seat pan, and the seat pan includes a membrane defining an internal volume and an active fluid disposed within the internal volume. Additionally, the ride vehicle system includes a field generator configured to generate an applied field in the acti...