ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,851, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Coburg (Germany).
"Vehicle seat longitudinal adjustment assembly" was invented by Dhiraj Kharche (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Leo Ioppolo (Washington, Mich.) and Sean Sabo (West Bloomfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling a release assembly for use in a vehicle seat. The method including attaching a spring to a coupling, the spring including a first end and a second end, wherein the coupling defines a first receptacle and a channel, and inserting the first end of the spring into the channel defined by the coupling. Inserting a portion of the...