US Patent Issued to Honda Motor, JD COMPONENTS on Oct. 14 for "Foldable seat with latching mechanism for personal transport device" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,422, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and JD COMPONENTS Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Foldable seat with latching mechanism for personal transport device" was invented by Nicholas P. Ziraldo (Powell, Ohio), Matthew B. Staal (Torrance, Calif.), Ming Hsein Lee (Taichung, Taiwan), Ding Jong Chou (Taichung, Taiwan) and Sheng Yu Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable seat assembly for a personal transport device is described. The seat assembly includes a seat having a seat surface and a seat post attached to an underside of the seat. The seat assembly also includes a latching mecha...