ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,055, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Vehicular airbag device" was invented by Kazuhiro Abe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Keitoku Miyagi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular airbag device that comprises: an inflator; and an airbag cushion that inflates and deploys between a steering wheel and an occupant. The airbag cushion includes: an occupant-side panel that deploys to the occupant side and restrains the occupant; a vehicle-side panel that is disposed on the opposite side to the occupant-side panel; and side panels that connect the occupant-side panel and the vehicle-sid...