US Patent Issued to Fisher & Co. on Sept. 9 for "Seat swivel assembly with locking pin" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,760, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Fisher & Co. Inc. (St. Clair Shores, Mich.).

"Seat swivel assembly with locking pin" was invented by Matthew McLaughlin (St. Clair Shores, Mich.), Sapan M. Poptani (Northville, Mich.), Mircea Napau (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Ryan Martin (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel assembly is provided for moving a vehicle seat in an angular direction. The swivel assembly may include a lower plate, a rotating plate, a gear ring, a motor, and a locking pin assembly. The lower plate may be attached to a vehicle floor. The rotating plate may be attached to the vehicle seat. The gear r...