ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,410, issued on July 15, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Vehicle seat having a heater and a plurality of air cells, and a method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Naoto Yamauchi (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat includes at least one of a seat back and a seat cushion having a pad member and a skin member covering the pad member, wherein a heater having a sheet configuration and a plurality of air cells are provided between a surface side of the pad member and the skin member."

The patent was filed on Sept. 15, 2021, under Application No. 18/246,962.

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