US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Vehicle airbag assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,070, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle airbag assembly" 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 assembly includes a tray table movable from a use position to a support position. The assembly includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag at the inflated position abuts the tray table at the support position. The assembly includes a stop movable to a deployed position. The stop at the deployed position restricts movement of the tray table at t...