US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on March 11 for "Displaceable panel for seating assembly" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,627, issued on March 11, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Displaceable panel for seating assembly" was invented by Ranjit Nagi (Northville, Mich.), Nathan Pabalate (Windsor, Canada), Nicholas Gilbert (Livonia, Mich.), Patrick Davis (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Megan Romelfanger (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat and a seatback. The seatback includes a frame that has opposing first and second frame members and first and second displaceable panels that are pivotably coupled to the first and second frame members. The first and second displaceab...