ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,810, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Nippon Kayaku K.K. (Tokyo).

"Release mechanism of airbag mooring member" was invented by Kazuki Nakade (Himeji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a release mechanism of an airbag mooring member capable of reducing the size or the number of parts as compared with the related art. A release mechanism 100 of an airbag mooring member includes a housing 10, a cylindrical member 20 including a portion fitted into the housing 10, an igniter 30 including a portion fitted into the cylindrical member 20, a holder 40 that holds the housing 10, the cylindrical member 20, and the igniter 30, an...