ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,131, issued on May 6.
"Seat fore-and-aft adjuster for a seat, particularly a vehicle seat and vehicle seat" was invented by Erik Sprenger (Wermelskirchen, Germany) and Andrej Sulak (Podluzany, Slovak Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat fore-and-aft adjuster for a vehicle seat may have a lower rail and an upper rail. The adjuster may also have a drive unit, a gearbox unit having a gearbox housing, and a cover element. The upper rail may have at least one through-hole. The cover element may have at least one covering region, which is formed from two cover legs opposite to and parallel with one another. The cover element may ...