ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,164, issued on May 6, was assigned to ADIENT (CHONGQUING) AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS Co. LTD. (Huangmaoping, China).

"Motor vehicle seat and adaptive seatbelt adjustment" was invented by Zhiyong Chen (Chongqing, China), Ming Zhang (Chongqing, China), Ying Guan (Chongqing, China), Yawei Liu (Chongqing, China) and Zhangneng Shi (Chongqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle seat with adaptive seatbelt adjustment may have a chassis, a seat frame and a backrest. A rear end of the seat frame is rotatably connected to the chassis. A seat frame angle drive mechanism is provided between a front end of the seat frame and the chas...