ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,038, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).
"Roof-mounted occupant restraint system" was invented by Chin-hsu Lin (Troy, Mich.) and Chang Kyu Son (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restraint system of a vehicle having a roof and a cabin with a seat for an occupant includes an inflator mounted to the roof of the vehicle and an airbag communicatively coupled to the inflator and inflatable to a deployed position from a stored position. The airbag comprising a main body comprising a first side that faces an upper half of an occupant, a second side that faces a lower half of...