US Patent Issued to Autoliv ASP on April 8 for "Active control of anti-submarining automotive protective devices" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,413, issued on April 8, was assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. (Ogden, Utah).

"Active control of anti-submarining automotive protective devices" was invented by Stephen Taylor (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Russ Gans (Auburn Hills, Mich.), Changsoo Choi (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Tim Whited (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag assembly including an inflator to supply inflation gas and an airbag cushion configured to expand deploy toward a seating position of a vehicle, the airbag cushion including a main chamber, a secondary chamber coupled to the main chamber, and a tether passing through the main chamber into the secondar...