US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 19 for "Seatbelt assembly including seatbelt pad" (Michigan, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,111, issued on May 19, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Seatbelt assembly including seatbelt pad" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), David D. Friske (Wolverine Lake, Mich.), Michael Joseph Niksa (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Lorne Forsythe (Wind Lake, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seatbelt assembly includes a seatbelt webbing and a pad. The pad is attached to the seatbelt webbing. The pad has a generally annular shape that defines a main aperture extending through the pad in a longitudinal direction of the pad. A portion of the seatbelt webbing extends through the main aperture. The pad incl...