ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,277, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Seatback load plate" was invented by Daniel Scott Armagost (San Mateo, Calif.), Markus Jost (San Mateo, Calif.), Samantha Lynne Schoell (San Francisco), Andrew Frank Raczkowski (San Jose, Calif.) and Nirmal Muralidharan (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat of a vehicle is designed for safety to reduce risk of injury to an occupant of the seat in the event of an abrupt movement or a collision involving the vehicle from the rear. The seat may have seatback geometry designed to promote coupling an occupant to the seat, thereby minimizing a gap ...