ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,392, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and DAEHAN SOLUTION Co. LTD. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Opening structure for a roof airbag" was invented by Ji Seob Park (Incheon, South Korea), Ji Yun Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Min Ho Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hong Seong Gim (Seoul, South Korea), Ho Young Jeoung (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea) and Choong Ho Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening structure for a roof airbag includes: a roof lining having an opening; the roof airbag disposed at an interior side of the roof lining; a roof airb...