ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,082, issued on July 8, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).
"Track lock mechanism" was invented by Thomas Andrew Wright (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position locking apparatus for a seat includes a track, a lock housing, a piston, a shaft, and a cam. The track has track teeth. The lock housing has a slot. The piston has piston teeth on a first distal end, which is configured to slide in the slot. The cam is attached to the shaft and the shaft pivotably couples with the lock housing. The cam is configured to contact a second distal end of the piston to press the piston towards the track such t...