ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,142, issued on July 1, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Cushion support member structure and vehicle seat" was invented by Kazuhiro Tsurumi (Tochigi, Japan), Yoichi Takahashi (Tochigi, Japan) and Kenshiro Wakao (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure of a cushion support member including reinforcements and a joint at which the reinforcements intersect and are joined together. The reinforcements include a first reinforcement, a second reinforcement and a third reinforcement extending respectively in a first direction, a second direction adjacent to the first direction, and a third direction adjacent ...