US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on May 19 for "Curtain airbag system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,107, issued on May 19, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Curtain airbag system" was invented by Aleksandr Gurevich (Waterford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curtain airbag system includes a rolled airbag cushion having a plurality of cushion tabs arranged along a length of the rolled airbag cushion, a first multifunction strap arranged at a first location along the length of the rolled airbag cushion, and a second multifunction strap arranged at a second location along the length of the rolled airbag cushion. The rolled airbag cushion includes a first longitudinal portion arranged at least partia...