ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,801, issued on April 1, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Occupant protection device" was invented by Takatoshi Yajima (Kiyosu, Japan), Yasushi Masuda (Kiyosu, Japan), Kenji Kakimoto (Kiyosu, Japan) and Wataru Miura (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant protection device includes a seatbelt having a lap belt portion; an inflator; and an airbag that is provided in the lap belt portion. The airbag includes a main body portion, a conduit portion, and a tether. When inflation is completed the main body portion includes a rear wall portion to which one end portion of the tether is linked, a f...