ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,606, issued on June 9, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden) and POC Sweden AB (Stockholm).
"Airbag-helmet and airbag adapted for being used as a part of such an airbag-helmet" was invented by Johanna Bjornsdottir (Nossebro, Sweden), Bengt Pipkorn (Savedalen, Sweden), Hassan Jan (Alingsas, Sweden), Jack Johansson (Landvetter, Sweden), Dobrila Lucic (Gothenburg, Sweden), Johan Weman (Saltsjo Boo, Sweden), Fredrik Hallander (Alvsjo, Sweden) and Oscar Huss (Saltsjobaden, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag-helmet having a protective main body (10) having an inner surface pointing towards the head of the us...