ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,223, issued on June 3, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).

"Driver seat airbag device for vehicle and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Dong Hyun Jang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yune Jae Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Youn Bock Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung Jin Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Young Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hyeon Gyo Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver seat airbag device and a method for manufacturing same, the device comprising: a driver seat airbag mounted in a folded state inside a steering wheel; and an inflator connect...