US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Aug. 12 for "Vehicle seating assembly with lockout cam" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,279, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle seating assembly with lockout cam" was invented by Macit Aktas (Windsor, Canada) and Joshua Gauthier (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seating assembly includes a mounting bracket, a seat, a seatback, and a cam assembly. The seat is rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket. The seatback is rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket. The seatback includes a protrusion. The cam assembly is rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket. The cam assembly includes a lockout cam having a first end and a second end. The fir...