ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,971, issued on July 29, was assigned to DAICEL Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Impact absorption device" was invented by Masayuki Yamazaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The impact absorption device includes an impact absorbing member and an auxiliary member. The impact absorbing member is attached to an installation surface of a base portion rotatably about a first pivoting axis extending in a first direction and is reversibly switched between a retracted state and a protruding state, and the auxiliary member is attached rotatably about a second pivoting axis and is reversibly switched between a retracted state and a protruding state....