ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,179, issued on July 1, was assigned to TS TECH Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Side airbag device and vehicle" was invented by Naoya Nishimoto (Tochigi, Japan), Yudai Matsui (Tochigi, Japan), Kenta Hirayama (Tokyo) and Manabu Matsumoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side airbag device is provided between a body and a seat of a vehicle. The side airbag device includes an airbag module, a base member, and a retainer member. The base member is disposed between the body and the seat, and includes an airbag housing portion in which the airbag module is contained. The retainer member is a member that su...