ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,407, issued on March 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Shoulder airbag and airbag cushion thereof" was invented by Jiwoon Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dong Gil Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Won Hwangbo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Byung Ho Min (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae Jun Harm (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a shoulder airbag and an airbag cushion thereof that are capable of restricting an occupant from being moved upward along a seatback and from being abruptly pushed in a direction away from a collision side of a vehicle when vehicle collision occurs, there...