US Patent Issued to Autoliv ASP on July 14 for "Knee airbag for a vehicle" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,301, issued on July 14, was assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. (Ogden, Utah).

"Knee airbag for a vehicle" was invented by Aaron Treglown (Ogden, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee airbag includes a front panel and a rear panel coupled to the front panel to define an inflation chamber. At least three transverse internal tethers are provided with alternating attachments between the front panel and the rear panel and within the inflation chamber. The at least three transverse internal tethers connected to the rear panel by rows of first attachment points extending in a lateral direction across the knee airbag and connected to the fron...