ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,738, issued on June 24, was assigned to Lear Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Fluid system for a vehicle seat assembly" was invented by David Abdella (Royal Oak, Mich.), Joshua Hallock (Warren, Mich.), Grzegorz Kasperczyk (Warsaw, Poland), Ian Fletcher (Milford, Mich.) and Samuel Blair (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided with a first layer connected to a second layer to form a bladder, with the first layer defining a first aperture therethrough, and one of the first or second layers defining a second aperture therethough. The third layer is connected to the first layer and positioned between the first and s...