ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,687, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Magna Seating Inc. (Aurora, Canada).
"Recliner handle with overload protection device" was invented by Creston Zang (Northville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recliner handle with an overload protection device is provided for a vehicle seat having a recliner attached to a recliner B-bracket. The recliner handle is attached to a handle spline having a disc shaft aperture configured to engage with a disc shaft of the recliner. A stop flange attached to the handle spline is configured to frictionally engage with an overload stop attached to the recliner B-bracket. The handle spline is rot...