US Patent Issued to Freedman Seating on June 17 for "Vehicle passenger sensing and reporting system" (Alabama, California, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,586, issued on June 17, was assigned to Freedman Seating Co. (Chicago).

"Vehicle passenger sensing and reporting system" was invented by Michael Douglas Moffa (Auburn, Ala.), Gregory E. Schafer (Incline Village, Nev.), Dan C. Mower (Grass Valley, Calif.) and Erin M. West (Auburn, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example embodiment of a system and methods for detecting and reporting whether passengers are seated and secured in their seats within a vehicle may include a passenger sensor configured to provide an output indicative of a presence of a passenger in a seat in a vehicle, a restraint sensor configured to provide an out...