ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,210, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB (Vargarda, Sweden).

"Belt tightener for a safety belt system in a motor vehicle" was invented by Arndt Sohnchen (Hamburg, Germany), Thouseef Aqeeb (Karnataka, India), Ronald Jabusch (Elmshorn, Germany), Hans-Jorg Langhoff (Bonningstedt, Germany), Antto-Christian Glaesser (Mombris, Germany), Vengatesh Ramar (Karnataka, India), Alexandru Cirstea (Elmshorn, Germany) and Jens Ehlers (Horst, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt tightener for a safety belt system in a motor vehicle comprises at least one electric actuator. A decentralized, independent electric energy s...