ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,955, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Longitudinally and transversely slidable vehicle seat" was invented by Michael Leng (Geltendorf, Germany), Dieter Strasser (Oberhausen, Germany), Bernhard Weiler (Munich) and Hagen Wlk (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A longitudinally and transversely slidable vehicle seat has a seat mounting with a mounting part fixed on the vehicle and a slidable mounting part. An adjusting device slides the vehicle seat in the longitudinal vehicle direction and in the transverse vehicle direction. The adjusting device has a first guide section extending with a dir...