ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,937, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Seatbelt assembly" was invented by Niranjan R. Sirapareddy (Bangalore, India), Rajamanickam VS (Bangalore, India) and Karthigan Ganesan (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seatbelt assembly defines a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction, and includes a seatbelt and a reinforcement structure. The seatbelt defines a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction. The seatbelt includes a shoulder belt, a lap belt, and an intermediate belt disposed between the shoulder belt and the lap...