US Patent Issued to Volvo Car on Jan. 20 for "Seat assembly for a vehicle, vehicle and methods" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,393, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Seat assembly for a vehicle, vehicle and methods" was invented by Patrik Rydhed (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Emma Martensson (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a back rest part having a primary back rest surface being configured to support a back of an adult sitting and a sitting module. The sitting module includes a first part and a second part, wherein the first part carries a primary functional surface and a secondary back rest surface being configured to support a back of a child. The sitting module in...