ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,809, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Jinichi Tanabe (Tochigi, Japan), Katsuya Isomura (Tochigi, Japan), Sosaku Omori (Tochigi, Japan), Keita Wakesu (Tochigi, Japan), Kenji Matsuoka (Tochigi, Japan) and Yuta Sugaya (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat includes a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension extending in an outboard direction from the side member locat...