ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,763, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Armrest mounted dual chamber airbag" was invented by S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.), Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat includes a seatback and an armrest coupled to the seatback. An airbag is positioned in the armrest and is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first chamber positioned to extend downward from the armrest and a second chamber positioned to extend upward from the armrest when the airbag is in ...