US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Airbag and inflatable device for vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,808, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Airbag and inflatable device for vehicle" was invented by Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.), Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.) and Zhenyan Gao (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle roof and an airbag supported by the vehicle roof. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag defines an inflation chamber in the inflated position. The airbag includes a distal end below the vehicle roof in the inflated position. The vehicle includes an inflatable device...