ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,155, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Seat and control method" was invented by Yasuhiro Kato (Aichi, Japan), Akio Shimizu (Aichi, Japan) and Takahiro Harita (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When reversing a direction in which an angle is adjusted by a first adjustment section and reversing a direction in which a posture is adjusted by a second adjustment section, a control section of a seat provides, before a timing at which a driving direction of a second driving section is reversed, a stop period for stopping the second adjustment section from adjusting the posture, and the control...