US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on May 5 for "Integrated roof rail airbag and interior trim assembly for automotive vehicles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,365, issued on May 5, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Integrated roof rail airbag and interior trim assembly for automotive vehicles" was invented by Matthew D. Thomas (Sterling Heights, Mich.), David A. King (Milford, Mich.), Kristina M. Hubarth (Oxford, Mich.) and Tanja Kryzaniwskyj (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure teaches an integrated roof rail airbag/trim assembly and methods for attaching the integrated roof rail airbag/trim assembly to a vehicle body before a roof structure or glass roof has been attached. The attachment method may be performed with an automa...