ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,706, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Yasuo Inose (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a vehicle seat having sound generation source disposed between a seat frame and a cover member covering part of the seat frame from a side, a plate-shaped interposing part disposed between the seat frame and the sound generation source while opposing the seat frame is housed within the cover member, and a plurality of through holes are bored in the plate-shaped interposing part. Accordingly, a resonance space that is efficient and has a small size can be obtained within th...