US Patent Issued to PIAGGIO & C. on July 8 for "Airbag system for a powered saddle-ride type vehicle and a powered saddle-ride type vehicle provided with such system" (Swedish, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,265, issued on July 8, was assigned to PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A. (Pontedera, Italy).

"Airbag system for a powered saddle-ride type vehicle and a powered saddle-ride type vehicle provided with such system" was invented by Anders Westergren (Falkoping, Sweden), Erik Rydsmo (Ljung, Sweden), Kenneth Backman (Amal, Sweden), Mikael Andersson (Alingsas, Sweden) and Onorino Di Tanna (Pontedera, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag system (1) for a powered saddle-ride type vehicle (100) is provided. The system comprises a housing (2): an airbag (6) arranged in said housing (2); and an inflator (7). The housing (2) is elongated and is confi...