ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,143, issued on July 1, was assigned to Archem Inc. (Tokyo).

"Filling-body manufacturing method, passenger-seat-cushion-member manufacturing method, and filling body" was invented by Nobuyuki Azakami (Tokyo) and Taichi Itabashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filling-body manufacturing method is a method of manufacturing a filling body 8 that fills a hole part 74 formed at a seat body 7 and at least part of which is bonded to the seat body 7 in a passenger-seat cushion member including the seat body 7 and the filling body, the filling body 8 being a porous structural body 1S made of flexible resin or rubber, the filling-body ma...