ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,039, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Protector for inflators" was invented by Jiwoon Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Ye Ri Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chang Ki Son (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including an inflator having gas holes formed therein, the gas being formed around an outer surface thereof and configured to discharge gas and a protector configured to surround the inflator and configured to have gas discharge spaces defined therein, the gas discharge spaces being configured to include a closed cross-sectional structure to conform w...