US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 23 for "Anti-submarining belt for a seat in a vehicle" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,020, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Anti-submarining belt for a seat in a vehicle" was invented by Chin-Hsu Lin (Troy, Mich.) and Ashish Nayak (Bhopal, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat for a vehicle includes a frame defining opposing side members and an anti-submarining belt. The anti-submarining belt defines a first end portion, a second end portion, a stowed position, and a deployed position. The first end portion of the anti-submarining belt is fixedly attached to one of the opposing side members of the frame. The anti-submarining belt includes slack when in the stowed...