US Patent Issued to Safran Seats USA on March 25 for "Auxetic energy absorbing passenger safety assemblies" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,130, issued on March 25, was assigned to Safran Seats USA LLC (Gainesville, Texas).

"Auxetic energy absorbing passenger safety assemblies" was invented by Jose Madrigal (Chihuahua, Mexico) and Mario Herrera (Chihuahua, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are energy absorbing assemblies for a passenger seat. The energy absorbing assemblies can include one or more auxetic energy absorbing elements (130), each element including a crushable matrix formed of cells having an auxetic cell geometry that are crushable in a direction of energy capture."

The patent was filed on Aug. 29, 2019, under Application No. 17/632,234.

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