ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,169, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FAURECIA INDIA PRIVATE Ltd. (Pune, India).
"Safety module for a vehicle" was invented by Prashant Rashinkar (Maharashtra, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety module for a vehicle includes a housing having an opening that accommodates an airbag associated with the safety module during deployment of the airbag, and at least one cover attached over the opening of the housing. The cover is connected to the housing through one or more hinges, where each hinge is formed by one or more curved portions and one or more flat portions arranged adjacent to each other along a hinge axis. The flat ...