ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,358, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to B/E Aerospace Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aircraft seat motion planner and seat architecture" was invented by Bryce C. Baker (Raymore, Mo.) and Fangzhong Guo (Shoreline, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for seat motion planning includes a seat installable in an environment, the seat including a plurality of adjustable components, a plurality of actuators configured to move the adjustable components, and a seat controller configured to operate the plurality of actuators. The system further includes a motion planner communicatively coupled to the seat controller configured to access...