US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on May 19 for "Bayonet coupler and vehicle occupant restraint system for use therein" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,113, issued on May 19, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Bayonet coupler and vehicle occupant restraint system for use therein" was invented by Marcelo Dapino (Columbus, Ohio), Leon Headings (Columbus, Ohio) and Vivek Srinivas (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bayonet connector device including a female coupler including an annular wall defining a female coupler opening and a central axis, and a plurality of female coupler engagement structures extending radially inward from the annular wall toward the central axis, and a male coupler sized to be received within the female coupler openi...