US Patent Issued to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS on Sept. 16 for "Force absorbing shoulder belt assemblies especially useful for aircraft occupant seats" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,607, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).

"Force absorbing shoulder belt assemblies especially useful for aircraft occupant seats" was invented by Dean Ross Gonzalez (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Force absorbing shoulder belt assemblies for vehicle seats, especially aircraft seats, are provided. The shoulder belt assemblies will include a box structure defining an interior space having an open rear end and adapted to being fixed to adjacent vehicle structure, a block of a compressible material positioned within the interior space of the box structure, a rear plate in pressi...