ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,364, issued on May 5, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Side airbag assembly" was invented by Fernando Lozano Omana (Cuauhtemoc, Mexico), Joel Alonso Vazquez (Mexico City), Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez (Toluca, Mexico) and Dante Arturo Rodriguez Camacho (Texcoco, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a side airbag assembly including a tray and an airbag. The vehicle includes a vehicle seat that includes a seatback frame having an outboard side and an inboard side spaced from the outboard side in an inboard direction. The vehicle seat includes a tray supported by the seatback frame. T...