US Patent Issued to TS TECH on Sept. 23 for "Vehicle seat device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,739, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Vehicle seat device" was invented by Jinichi Tanabe (Tochigi, Japan), Tatsuki Nonaka (Tochigi, Japan), Atsushi Yamabe (Tochigi, Japan), Shoji Endo (Tochigi, Japan) and Katsuya Isomura (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat device capable of suitably restraining an occupant by means of a seat belt device includes a seat main body having a seat cushion and a seat back, a reclining device connecting the seat back to the seat cushion so as to be pivotable and capable of locking a pivoting motion of the seat back, and a seat belt device fo...