ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,735, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Airbag apparatus" was invented by Isamu Nagasawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a collision detector, and a deploying-gas supplier. The airbag is configured to be deployed in front of an occupant sitting in a seat of a vehicle. The collision detector is configured to detect an occurrence or sign of a collision of the vehicle. The deploying-gas supplier is configured to supply deploying gas into the airbag based on an output of the collision detector. The airbag includes first, second, and third bags. The first bag is configur...