ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,788, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Airbag device" was invented by Sung Hoon Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Jun Yong Min (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyo Shub Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment airbag device includes a first airbag configured to be deployed in a shape covering a lateral outer periphery in a vehicle and a second airbag configured to be deployed at a position different from a position of the first airbag in the vehicle and coupled and supported by a coupling device at a portion where the second airbag o...