ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,180, issued on July 1, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).
"Seat assembly" was invented by Mark D. Trombley (Macomb, Mich.), Alejandro O. Cordoba (Clarkston, Mich.), Michael Corvino (Canton, Mich.), Robert Elliott (Pune, India), Mayur Manohar Faye (Pune, India), Michael Ferrari (St. Clair Shores, Mich.), Vito Francesco Mannino (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Kiran Mandhare (Pune, India), Owen S. Middleton (Troy, Mich.) and Luke Schmidt (Southfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly, comprising a seat back comprising: a cushion; a back panel assembly, including: a substrate panel; an outer panel coupled to the...