US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on July 21 for "Side impact-absorbing device for child restraint system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,303, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Side impact-absorbing device for child restraint system" was invented by Manuel Forero Rueda (Royal Oak, Mich.), Mitesh Lalwala (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Tyler P. Morris (Madison Heights, Mich.) and Ryan Aaron Gellner (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle body extending along a longitudinal axis, a closure coupled to the vehicle body, a seat coupled to the vehicle body, and a side-impact absorption (SIA) device arranged between the seat and the closure and including a first position and a second position."

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