US Patent Issued to Safran Seats USA on July 29 for "Movable rail assembly for a passenger seat" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,167, issued on July 29, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).

"Movable rail assembly for a passenger seat" was invented by Charles Michael Parker (Irvine, Calif.), Foek Nguyen Le (Arlington, Texas) and Amen Omoragbon (Westminster, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rail assembly includes assembly includes a fixed carriage and a clamping system. The fixed carriage defines a receiving area and a rail at least partially supported within the receiving area. The rail is slidable along an axis relative to the receiving area. The clamping system applies a clamping force on the rail within the receiving area. A mova...