US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 11 for "Vehicle seat having tilt and tumble functions" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,295, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle seat having tilt and tumble functions" was invented by Alexander I. Balin (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat, and a rail assembly operably connected to the seat to guide a forward/aft adjustment of a position of the seat in a direction parallel to a direction of the rail assembly. The rail assembly includes a forward/aft adjustment zone and a tilt adjustment zone. A seat motor is operably connected to the seat. The seat motor is configured to drive the seat along the rail assembly...