US Patent Issued to Safran Seats USA on May 13 for "Imbedded sensors for passenger seats" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,961, issued on May 13, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).

"Imbedded sensors for passenger seats" was invented by Tyler L. Newbold (Sherman, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are passenger seat assemblies having a first seat structure (222) that includes a non-contact sensor or sensors (106a) and a second, movable or deployable passenger seat structure (226) that contains an embedded magnetic element or elements (236a). Each magnetic element interacts with the non-contact sensor such that the embedded magnetic element causes the non-contact sensor (106a) to switch between a first state and the seco...