US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Dec. 16 for "Vehicle airbag with elastic vent assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,995, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle airbag with elastic vent assembly" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag for a vehicle has a panel defining an inflation chamber inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a tubular vent extending from the panel. The tubular vent is in fluid communication with the inflation chamber. The airbag includes an elastic band extending circumferentially around the tubular vent."

The patent was filed on April 11, 2024, under Application...