ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,758, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Vehicle seat" was invented by Hayato Matsui (Aichi, Japan) and Tatsuya Irie (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vehicle seat that can absorb energy with a link while maintaining engagement of gears in a lifting device. One embodiment of the present disclosure is the vehicle seat including a seat cushion, a cushion frame supporting the seat cushion, and the lifting device configured to raise and lower at least a portion of the seat cushion. The lifting device includes a pinion gear held by the cushion frame, a sector gear engaged with t...