ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,453, issued on July 15, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Airbag device for instrument panel upper surface" was invented by Shota Watanabe (Kiyosu, Japan) and Yuya Suzuki (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When an airbag is inflated by inflation gas flowing into the airbag, the airbag is inflated rearward while protruding upward from a storage portion on an upper surface side of an instrument panel. The airbag includes a bag main body and an outer tether portion disposed on an outer peripheral surface side of the bag main body. The bag main body has an upward recessed portion on a lower surface s...