US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on July 7 for "Occupant protection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,635, issued on July 7, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Occupant protection device" was invented by Homare Matsushita (Kiyosu, Japan) and Yoshito Kusuhara (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant protection device includes: a placement surface portion disposed on a seat portion and allowing an occupant to be placed thereon to support a region on a lower surface side at least around front ends of thighs of the occupant; two shoulder restraint belts extending from vicinities of left and right edges at an upper end of a backrest portion, disposed to pass in front of left and right shoulders of...