ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,655, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Door-mounted airbag assembly" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.) and Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door for a vehicle includes a door panel. An airbag is mounted to the door panel and is inflatable to an inflated position. A trim panel includes a base segment fixed to the door panel. The trim panel includes a releasable segment positioned to be impacted by the airbag during inflation of the airbag. The releasable segment has a first end and a second end and ...