US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on March 17 for "Shoulder airbag and method of controlling deployment thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,758, issued on March 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Shoulder airbag and method of controlling deployment thereof" was invented by Dong Gil Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jiwoon Song (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a shoulder airbag and a method of controlling deployment thereof that are capable of adjusting the amount of inflation of chambers covering an occupant's shoulders depending on the body type of the occupant and/or the collision direction of a vehicle, thereby safely protecting the occupant in various collision situations. The shoulder airbag includes...