ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,181, issued on June 3, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Cushion frame" was invented by Yuma Kondo (Aichi, Japan) and Takuya Inoue (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushion frame comprises first and second side frames and a coupling member coupling rear end portions of the first and second side frames. Each of the first and second side frames has a fixation portion at a corresponding rear end portion. The first side frame comprises first and second bead portions in the rear end portion thereof. In the first side frame, a hypothetical ridge line of the first bead portion substantially coincides with an i...