US Patent Issued to Toyoda Gosei on April 21 for "Curtain airbag assembly including rigid bar for attaching inflatable curtain airbag and vehicles including the same" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,118, issued on April 21, was assigned to Toyoda Gosei Co. LTD. (Kiosu, Japan).

"Curtain airbag assembly including rigid bar for attaching inflatable curtain airbag and vehicles including the same" was invented by Roy Deutschmann (South Lyon, Mich.), Daniel Bujaidar (Washington, Mich.) and Roland Furtado (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curtain airbag assembly includes an inflator, an inflatable curtain airbag, and a rigid bar. The inflatable curtain airbag includes a pocket portion and a body portion extending from the pocket portion. The pocket portion defines one or more pockets and a plurality of cutouts spaced apart...