ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,512, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Seat system" was invented by Hiroyuki Kaku (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Takako Miyoshi (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Michinobu Waku (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Marie Soma (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Atsushi Kusano (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Satoru Kaneda (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Munetaka Kowa (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Yosuke Higashi (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan), Ryuichiro Hirose (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan) and Ryosuke Sato (Shioya-gun Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat system includes a seat, a controller, and a terminal. The seat i...