ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,134, issued on May 6, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.) and Adient US LLC (Plymouth, Mich.).
"Vehicle seat assembly" was invented by Evan Frank (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Steven P. Livesey (Walled Lake, Mich.) and Martin Murau (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat assembly includes a pivot structure, a seat and a bushing. The pivot structure has at least one link member that includes a pivot pin extending through an opening in the at least one link member. The pivot pin defines a pivot axis about which the at least one link member pivots. The seat is attached to the pivot structure. ...