ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,186, issued on April 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Airbag device for saddle-type vehicle" was invented by Yutaka Aikyo (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag device for a saddle-type vehicle which can restrict an airbag from being separated until the airbag is deployed so that the airbag can be separated in a deployed state. The airbag device includes an inflator and an airbag, and has a first restriction portion that restricts separation between the inflator and the airbag. The first restriction portion has an elastic member positioned inside the inflator. When the inflator releases a gas having a ...