US Patent Issued to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Coburg on April 8 for "Vehicle seat assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,373, issued on April 8, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Coburg (Germany).

"Vehicle seat assembly" was invented by Dakota Stapleton (Flushing, Mich.) and Umesh Handigol (Rochester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat including a base, an unlocking device, a release lever, a seat cushion, and a lifter. The unlocking device configured to selectively lock a translatable rail to a fixed rail, the release lever coupled to the base and configured to rotate about a first axis to actuate the unlocking device. The seat cushion coupled to the base and configured to pivot about a second axis between a use position...