ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,791, issued on July 21, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Addition curable liquid silicone rubber composition for flame retardant airbag" was invented by Juri Maekawa (Shinagawa-ku, Japan) and Ryo Ashida (Annaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An addition curable liquid silicone rubber composition for airbag includes an organopolysiloxane which is liquid at 25deg C. and contains two or more alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms within one molecule, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms within one molecule, a silica fine powder having a BET specific surfa...