US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on May 20 for "Seatbelt anchorage with energy absorption for frontal impact protection" (Canadian, American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,419, issued on May 20, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Seatbelt anchorage with energy absorption for frontal impact protection" was invented by Chin-Hsu Lin (Troy, Mich.), Ashish Nayak (Bhopal, India), Chang Kyu Son (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Nick Colonna (Vaughan, Canada) and Mitesh Lalwala (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seatbelt anchorage system includes a vehicle seat connected in a vehicle. A seat belt assembly of the vehicle seat includes an extending seat belt shoulder strap portion, a lap belt section, and a buckle releasably connected to a first buckle connector defining a first a...