ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,898, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Asaka, Japan).

"Vehicle seat" was invented by Kohei Taguchi (Tochigi, Japan), Takako Miyoshi (Tochigi, Japan), Takayoshi Ito (Tochigi, Japan), Kazuya Miyawaki (Tochigi, Japan), Kazuaki Mima (Tochigi, Japan), Yuki Yoshioka (Tochigi, Japan), Akira Miyoshi (Tochigi, Japan), Tomoyuki Kurimoto (Tochigi, Japan), Keiichi Kitayama (Tochigi, Japan) and Yasuhiro Furuichi (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat includes a support leg connected to a floor to be pivotable about a first axis extending in a horizontal direction; a seat cushion connected to the support...