ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,113, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH (Willich, Germany).

"Linear motion assemblies and bearings for use in linear motion assemblies" was invented by Timothy J. Hagan (Succasunna, N.J.), Jens Speicher (Willich, Germany), Lukas Plioska (Nettetal, Germany), Alexander Jindra (Juchen, Germany), Abe Sanchez (Mine Hill, N.J.) and Chloe Echikson (Northfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat track assembly including a first rail and a second rail spaced apart by a distance and extending parallel with respect to one another, wherein at least one of the first and second rails having a f...