ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,738, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. (Ogden, Utah).
"Narrow-width and/or side-mounted disk inflator airbag assemblies" was invented by Ryan D. Nelson (Bear River City, Utah), Kent D. Potter (Brigham City, Utah) and J D Williams (Roy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Airbag cushions and related assemblies configured to accept side-mounting of airbag inflators and/or otherwise accommodate narrowing of an airbag module width. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an inflator housing defining a plenum. An airbag cushion may be fluidly coupled with the plenum and/or inflator housing and may define a throat ...