ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,125, issued on June 3, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Heater for airbag device" was invented by Rie Ono (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Toshihiko Asai (Aichi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater for an airbag device includes a sheet-shaped heater body including a heat generation unit, and disposed to cover a vehicle interior surface side of an airbag cover and configured to generate heat to emit the radiation heat. The heater body is formed of a flexible woven fabric including a warp and a weft, and is provided with a dividing scheduled portion configured to be divided at a time of opening of a door ...