ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,083, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ARC TECHNOLOGY HOLDING Ltd. (Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong).
"Single level cylindrical passenger inflator" was invented by Samuel Benthall (Friendsville, Tenn.), Kristian Winston (Knoxville, Tenn.), Scott Lohmann (Knoxville, Tenn.), Brian Thomas (Maryville, Tenn.), Tyler Laughter (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Susilpa Bommareddy (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag inflator assembly includes a cylindrical housing, an initiator assembly secured in an upstream end of the cylindrical housing, and a generant disposed in the cylindrical housing adjacent the initiator assembly. Internal compon...