US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 18 for "Vehicle seatback having rotatable arm on bolster" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,138, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle seatback having rotatable arm on bolster" was invented by Zhibing Deng (Northville, Mich.), Joseph E. Abramczyk (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Deepak Patel (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "With reference to the Figures, wherein like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, a vehicle includes a vehicle seat that includes a seatback and a seat bottom that defines an occupant seating area. The seatback includes an inboard bolster and an outboard bolster spaced from the inboard bolster in a cross-seat direction w...