ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,294, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to AmSafe Inc. (Phoenix).
"Inflatable personal restraint systems" was invented by Ronald A. Shields (Mesa, Ariz.), Peter Anthony Settles (Maricopa, Ariz.), Willard F. Hagan (Phoenix) and Giuseppe Gullotto (Mesa, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic module assembly (EMA) for use in controlling one or more personal restraint systems. A programmed processor within the EMA is configured to determine when a personal restraint system associated with each seat in a vehicle should be deployed. In addition, the programmed processor is configured to perform a diagnostic self-test to determine ...