ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,117, issued on April 21, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Side airbag device for vehicle" was invented by Tae Ik Gwon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yong Hyun Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Ki Byun (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Dae Chang Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side airbag device for a vehicle, comprising: an airbag cushion that is built into a backrest of a seat and inflated and deployed so as to correspond to the entire side surface of an occupant's upper body in the event of a side impact crash of the vehicle; and an inflator that generates gas according to a...