ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,773, issued on May 13, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Roof airbags and methods of installation thereof" was invented by Jamal Juma (Macomb, Mich.), Kenneth M. Zawisa (Brighton, Mich.) and Kenneth Douglas Moniaci (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Roof airbags and methods for installation of the roof airbags in vehicles are provided. The roof airbags include a deployable airbag configured to automatically inflate in response to detection of a sensed event and to cover portions of an interior side of a vehicle upon being inflated, a continuous mounting tab extending from and along the depl...