US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on May 13 for "Seat airbag for vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,775, issued on May 13, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Seat airbag for vehicle" was invented by Sang Won Hwangbo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Choong Ryung Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a seat airbag for a vehicle, the seat airbag including an airbag cushion including lateral cushions configured to be deployed forward from lateral sides of a seatback, and front cushions bent and extending from front ends of the lateral cushions toward a seat center and positioned at a front side of the passenger, and support tethers configured to connect upper portions of the fron...