ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,377, issued on June 10, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Occupant protection device" was invented by Takatoshi Yajima (Kiyosu, Japan) and Kenji Kakimoto (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an occupant protection device, an airbag disposed in a region of a lap belt of a seat belt includes a bag body and a conduit connected to an inflator disposed near a lower end of a seat portion of a seat. The airbag is held by the lap belt in a folded state. The conduit is disposed substantially along the lap belt while being held by a conduit holder. The conduit holder is formed of a material having flexibi...