ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,413, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Three-dimensional air bag" was invented by Daisuke Kitamura (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Akira Yamashita (Aichi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional air bag includes a first three-dimensional sewn portion, a second three-dimensional sewn portion and a flat sewn portion as defined herein, a shape of the first three-dimensional sewn portion in the main panel in a flat state is different from a shape of the first three-dimensional sewn portion in the first side panel in a flat state, a shape of the second three-dimensional sewn port...