US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 8 for "Arched center airbag" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,812, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Arched center airbag" was invented by Marcelo Ferreira Gomes (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag assembly including: an inflator; a diffuser; and an airbag defining an air chamber. The airbag includes: an opening to the air chamber in communication with the inflator; an upper end; a lower end; an outer side surface extending from the upper end to the lower end; and an inner side surface extending from the upper end to the lower end opposite to the outer side surface. The inner side surface is concave and configured to face an o...