ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,146, issued on July 1, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Vehicle seat" was invented by Michael Leng (Geltendorf, Germany) and Mathias Schmidt (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat has a seat bottom, a backrest which is attached to the seat bottom and has a backrest structure, and a headrest attached to the backrest. The headrest has a headrest structure provided with an upholstery cover and inserted by way of at least one support rod in an associated support rod holder of the backrest structure and being locked or lockable there. At least one damping element is provided between the backrest structu...