ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,410, issued on March 24, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Airbag device" was invented by Tetsuya Ogino (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag device comprising: a cushion that is rolled and stowed at an upper part of a side surface and expands and deploys along the side surface, an inflator that is inserted in the cushion and provides gas to the cushion, and a tab for suspending the cushion from the upper part of the side surface, wherein the cushion includes: a duct provided with a tab extending in the front-to-back direction of the vehicle at the upper part of the side surface and that...