US Patent Issued to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS on Sept. 30 for "Force absorbing shoulder belt assemblies especially useful for aircraft occupant seats" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,161, issued on Sept. 30, 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.) and Sean Ormerod (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Force absorbing shoulder belt assemblies for vehicle seats (e.g., aircraft seats) absorb and thereby reduce shoulder belt forces on the upper torso of a seat occupant in the event of a rapid deceleration event (e.g., a vehicle crash). A one-piece base mounting plate is provided which includes a central base plate section, a forwardly bent section an...