ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,813, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).

"Catch strap mechanism for an airbag module" was invented by Julien Halgrin (Doudeauville en Vexin, France), Christophe Gros (Poitiers, France), Thierry Jacqmarcq (Cuigy en Bray, France), Frederic Charpentier (Le Vauroux, France), Marc Marchand (Le Vaumain, France), Laurent Hellot (La Feuillie, France), Carole Gailhard (Gournay en Bray, France), Laurent Lengaigne (La Chaussee, France) and Matthieu Louvet (Lyons la Foret, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catch strap mechanism for an airbag module having an airbag, comprising at least one catch st...