US Patent Issued to Autoliv ASP on March 31 for "Lockbar for a crash locking tongue and a method of assembly thereof" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,711, issued on March 31, was assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. (Ogden, Utah).

"Lockbar for a crash locking tongue and a method of assembly thereof" was invented by Dan Murphy (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Jon Burrow (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lockbar in a tongue of a seat belt system in a vehicle, wherein the crash locking tongue includes the lockbar, a base plate, and a cover material overmolded onto the base plate. The base plate is configured to be reversibly coupled to a buckle in the seat belt system and to have a slot through which a belt webbing extends in order to restrain the movement of a passenger in the...