US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Jan. 28 for "Flexible upper frame adapter for traditional back frame and seat back assemblies" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,716, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Flexible upper frame adapter for traditional back frame and seat back assemblies" was invented by Johnathan Andrew Line (Northville, Mich.), Benjamin Yilma (Canton, Mich.), Marcos Silva Kondrad (Macomb Township, Mich.), S M Akbar Berry (Lasalle, Canada), Raed Essa El-Jawahri (Northville, Mich.), Kevin Michael Pline (Plymouth, Mich.), Jeffrey Charles Paddock (Dearborn, Mich.) and Robyne McBride (Belle River, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle seating assembly includes a conventional common seat back frame, a plurality of forward...