ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,375, issued on June 10, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle energy absorbing device" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.), S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.), Yali Li (Saline, Mich.), James Chih Cheng (Troy, Mich.) and Saeed D. Barbat (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door interior trim assembly includes a trim panel and an armrest supported by the trim panel. The armrest includes an energy absorbing device. The energy absorbing device includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The outboard panel is between the inboard ...