US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 17 for "Height adjustable seatbelt buckle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,584, issued on June 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Height adjustable seatbelt buckle" was invented by Minsu Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jaewoong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jeasu Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Jongsuk An (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seatbelt assembly including: a buckle defining a receptacle configured to receive a striker therein; a back plate of the buckle defining a first aperture; a support post to which the back plate is slidably mounted defining a second aperture; and a stopper within the buckle movable between a retracted position and an extended...