ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,626, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Knee airbag apparatus" was invented by Jeong Mo Heo (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee airbag apparatus including an airbag cushion including a lower sheet portion, an upper sheet portion to overlap the lower sheet portion to form a cushion space together with the lower sheet portion, and a folded portion formed by folding the upper sheet portion so that portions of the upper sheet portion overlap partially, and an inflator to supply a gas to the cushion space so that the airbag cushion is deployed."
The patent was filed on...