US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Sept. 29 for "Passenger airbag system assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,885, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Passenger airbag system assembly" was invented by Derrick James Ledford (Chesterfield, Mich.), Jeffrey Todd Kinser (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Kenneth M. Zawisa (Brighton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag system assembly is provided and includes a housing including a housing perimeter wall, an airbag chute coupled to the housing perimeter wall to define an airbag chamber between the housing and the airbag chute, and a bracket coupled to the airbag chute and including at least one fastener for securing the airbag chute the housing."

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