ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,418, issued on May 20, was assigned to Daicel Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Airbag device and method for inflating airbag device" was invented by Masayuki Yamazaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag device includes a gas generator including a first gas generating agent and an ignition unit, and an airbag configured to inflate upon receiving a combustion gas from the gas generator, the airbag including an inlet being configured to cause the combustion gas supplied from the gas generator to flow into an internal space of the airbag, a bag-shaped portion configured to separate, from an outside, the internal space into which the co...