US Patent Issued to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile on Aug. 19 for "Vehicle seat back provided with an airbag device and method of assembly such a seat back" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,205, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to FAURECIA Sieges d'Automobile (Nanterre, France).

"Vehicle seat back provided with an airbag device and method of assembly such a seat back" was invented by Jean-Marie Mauffrey (Champagney, France), Didier Fouinat (Saint Cheron, France) and Didier Duriez (Le Plessis-Pate, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat back comprising a seat back frame with a pillar, an airbag device and a side airbag, the airbag device comprising at least one airbag and an airbag support for attaching the airbag to the seat back frame, and the side airbag comprising a side airbag trim and at least one side...