ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,971, issued on March 25, was assigned to Autoliv ASP Inc. (Ogden, Utah).
"Knee airbag for a vehicle" was invented by Aaron Treglown (Ogden, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee airbag includes a front panel, a rear panel and an intermediate panel. The rear panel is coupled to the front panel to define an inflation chamber. The intermediate panel is disposed between the front panel and the rear panel and within the inflation chamber. The intermediate panel is connected to the rear panel by rows of first attachment points extending in a lateral direction across the knee airbag and connected to the front panel by rows of second a...