ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,459, issued on July 15, 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 includes a sensor and 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 a lower-half-restraining bag and u...