ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,071, issued on April 29, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Automotive crash pad and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Do Hyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chang Wan Son (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive crash pad and a method for manufacturing the same. The automotive crash pad includes: a skin layer forming the outer surface of the crash pad including an airbag module; a fiber-based layer formed on the lower surface of the skin layer; a cushion layer formed on the lower surface of the fiber-based layer and including slab foam; and a core layer formed on t...