ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,393, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle seat" was invented by Rintaro Miyake (Nagoya, Japan), Satoshi Fukatsu (Anjo, Japan) and Atsushi Nitta (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat has a seat back which includes a seat cover that forms an outer surface of the seat, and an airbag that is held on a seat inner side of the seat cover. The airbag is deployed toward a seat occupant side while a burst portion formed at a sewn portion of the seat cover is released. In the burst portion, a first sewing line extending in a seat up-down direction and a second sewing line ext...