ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,300, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Seatbelt airbag" was invented by Il Chang Sung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seok Hoon Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Min June Song (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment seatbelt airbag includes a diaphragm configured to divide an internal space of an airbag cushion in a deployed state into a first chamber and a second chamber, the airbag cushion being configured to be deployed from a seatbelt, a first support part disposed at a lower side of the fir...