ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,156, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle seat structure" was invented by Norimasa Koreishi (Miyoshi, Japan), Hideo Takeda (Hekinan, Japan) and Hitoshi Takezoe (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A space for installing a seat mechanism can be reduced as compared with a prior art when a seatback is supported by support members. A rear panel is provided upright to partition an inside and an outside of a vehicle cabin. A seat support body includes support columns that are fixtures and seat crosses that are support members. The support columns are fixed to a rear panel. The se...