ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,147, issued on July 1, was assigned to Aquila Corp. (Holmen, Wis.).

"Vehicle seat with embedded inflatable bladder system" was invented by Steven P. Kohlman (Holmen, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat assembly is provided. The vehicle seat assembly includes multiple inflatable bladders embedded below a seating surface of a seat cushion portion. The inflatable bladders includes a first group and a second group, each of the first group and the second group having at least one of the inflatable bladders. The vehicle seat assembly further comprises a control system operably coupled to the inflatable bladders. The control s...