ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,163, issued on May 6, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Side airbag device" was invented by Yuto Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tsutomu Sakurai (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side airbag device comprising a bag-like cushion that is provided to a side section of a seat back of a vehicle seat and inflates and expands toward the side of a passenger in the vehicle seat using a gas. The cushion includes: a first part having four sides and including a first chamber; a second part that has four sides, is adjacent to the first part, and includes a second chamber; and a third part that has four si...