US Patent Issued to Subaru on Sept. 22 for "Airbag apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,608, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Subaru Corp. (Tokyo).

"Airbag apparatus" was invented by Daisuke Ototsuji (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag apparatus includes a lower chamber disposed on a front surface of a vehicle, and an upper chamber located vertically above the lower chamber and supported by the lower chamber. The lower chamber has an annular shape. The upper chamber includes a first extension and a pair of second extensions. The first extension extending in a vehicle left-right direction of the vehicle along a front portion of the lower chamber. Each of the second extensions extends in a vehicle front-re...