ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,088, issued on March 18, was assigned to DALPHI METAL ESPANA S.A. (Vigo, Spain).

"Vehicle occupant restraint system" was invented by Chaochao Qian (Shanghai), Emiliano Core Almarza (Laguna de Duero, Spain), Andres Casanova Mateo (Valladolid, Spain), Adrian Gutierrez Garcia (Valladolid, Spain), Ramon Mirones Gomez (Valladolid, Spain), Antonio Navarro Arranz (Valladolid, Spain) and Alfonso Bustos Garcia (Valladolid, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag module (18) that is disposed in a roof area (16) of a vehicle and is assigned to a front seat (14). The airbag module (18) compris...