ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,416, issued on May 20, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Airbag apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Dong Young Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Seok Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ga Ram Jeong (Yongin-Si, South Korea) and Dong Joon Lee (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vehicle airbag device, which includes a main cushion and an auxiliary cushion deploying from the main cushion and may more effectively protect both a passenger-seat passenger in a normal seating state and a passenger-seat passenger in a relaxed seating state even in the event of an ob...