ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,814, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle curtain airbag apparatus" was invented by Ju Kyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Byeong Mann Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle curtain airbag apparatus includes an airbag cushion disposed on a side portion of a vehicle and including an active area inflated by gas and a plurality of inactive areas into which the gas is not introduced and a control tether to assist deployment of the airbag cushion. The control tether connects the plurality of inactive areas of the airbag cushion in a state in which a portio...