ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,919, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Roof rail airbag assembly" was invented by Vinay Genthikatti (Lake Orion, Mich.), Liqiang Lin (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Brian Bigler (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof rail airbag system of a vehicle includes a roof rail airbag (RRAB), and a wrap assembly configured to retain the RRAB when the RRAB is in an uninflated state. The wrap assembly is spaced apart from the RRAB at least partially around an RRAB perimeter. A vehicle includes a vehicle body defining an occupant compartment, and a roof rail airbag system secured to the v...