ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,952, issued on July 28, was assigned to World View Enterprises Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).
"Valve for airbag decelerator" was invented by Timothy James Basta (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and devices for deceleration of vehicles, such as parafoils descending from high altitude balloons, upon impact with ground. A valve may be configured to release air from within an airbag upon impact of the airbag with ground. The valve may be a one way check valve. The valve may include an axially moveable valve body biased by a spring. An increase in pressure within the airbag due to ground impact overcomes the spring biasing for...