US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 17 for "Airbag with vents having different venting characteristics" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,341, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Airbag with vents having different venting characteristics" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), S.M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.) and Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag includes a panel defining an inflation chamber. The airbag includes vents each including a vent opening and a vent cover. The airbag includes a first vent having a first vent opening extending through the panel to the inflation chamber. The airbag includes a second vent having a second vent opening spaced from the first ve...