ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,072, issued on April 29, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle with pet protection function" was invented by Kazuya Yamane (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle with a pet protection function includes a pet guard body, a first air-bag device, and a controller. The pet guard body is disposed in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle on which a pet is to be loaded in such a manner that the pet guard body partitions a vehicle compartment into a front portion and a rear portion. The first air-bag device is configured to be deployed behind the pet guard body. The controller is configured to deploy the first air-bag device ...