ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,410, issued on April 8, was assigned to RENAULT S.A.S (Boulogne Billancourt, France) and NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Kanagawa-ku, Japan).
"Vehicle seat provided with an installed safety system" was invented by Francois Lesartre (Guyancourt, France), Nicolas Renaud (Guyancourt, France), Jean-Baptiste Roy (Guyancourt, France) and Philippe Souville (Guyancourt, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat includes a backrest, a seat pan, and an airbag having two components placed on sides of the seat. Each component includes an airbag cushion and a strap sewn to the airbag cushion. The strap is fixed to an upper area of the backrest ...