US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 17 for "Armrest pivotably supported by door side panel" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,577, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Armrest pivotably supported by door side panel" 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 includes a door side panel. An armrest extends from a first end to a second end. The armrest is pivotably supported by the door side panel at the first end and the armrest is releasably connected to the door side panel at the second end. An airbag is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag is positi...