US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 24 for "Air reservoir integrated into seat back carrier plate" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,743, issued on June 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Air reservoir integrated into seat back carrier plate" was invented by Athanasios Glavas (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and seat for the vehicle that provides a cushion. The seat includes a seat back forming an open volume, a carrier plate disposed on the seat back within the open volume, an air bladder, an air reservoir disposed on the carrier plate for inflating the air bladder, wherein the air reservoir is disposed on the carrier plate within the open volume of the seat back and is configured to control an air pressure wi...