ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,672, issued on March 11, was assigned to AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Seat belt retractor" was invented by Jung Han Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Chan Ki Moon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat belt retractor which is mounted in a mounting space formed on a backrest of a seat installed in a vehicle and comprises a spindle module including webbing and a spindle having the webbing wound on the outer surface thereof, wherein the spindle is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle corresponding to the thickness direction of the backrest in the mounting space, such that by ...